Senate Resolution No. 369 BY: Senator MARTINS CONGRATULATING Kiera Peterson upon the occasion of receiving the Girl Scout Silver Award, Cadette Scouting's highest award and Girl Scouting's second highest achievement WHEREAS, Kiera Peterson, through her diligence and rigorous efforts, has achieved Cadette Scouting's highest and Girl Scouting's second highest achievement, the Silver Award; the Willistons, Albertson, Roslyn, Mineola (W.A.R.M.) Girl Scout Association Award Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Chaminade High School's Activity Athletic Center in Mineola, New York; and WHEREAS, Kiera Peterson is a member of the Girl Scouts of America Troop 1022; and WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has cultivated in our Nation's young people the goals of building solid values of sisterhood and the importance of working with others, stimulating both mind and body, instilling pride, and encouraging community service and success; and WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has expanded the horizons of the countless hundreds of thousands who have participated in Scouting programs which have made Scouting an American and international institution; and WHEREAS, In 2020, Kiera Peterson completed a Silver Award community service project which she planned, developed and executed along with two of her fellow Scouts; their project was entitled, Purple Project, and helped support those in the hospital dealing with Dementia and Alzheimer's disease; and WHEREAS, The Silver Award is earned over a two-year period and is tangible evidence of Kiera Peterson's high character and commitment; and WHEREAS, Kiera Peterson is a credit to her family, her school, her community, her State and her Nation, and no doubt her future will be filled with accomplishments of equal importance; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to congratulate Kiera Peterson, recognizing her achievement in earning the Girl Scout Silver Award, and to wish her continued success in all her future endeavors; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Kiera Peterson.