LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Adam Verstanding upon the occasion of
receiving the Frank Strassfeld Young Leadership Award from the Hollis
Hills Jewish Center on March 7, 2009

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is moved to recognize and pay tribute to
those young individuals of firm belief and commitment who have devoted
their purposeful lives to the service of faith and community; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Adam Verstanding upon the occasion of receiving the Frank Strassfeld
Young Leadership Award from the Hollis Hills Jewish Center at its SIMCHA
2009 held on Saturday, March 7, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Adam Verstanding has continually demonstrated extreme compe-
tence, extraordinary intelligence and diligent leadership in his unwav-
ering service to the Jewish community and consequently has been desig-
nated for this most prestigious honor; and
WHEREAS, As a young boy in the Hollis Hills Jewish Center, Adam
Verstanding was loved by young and old alike; he was always ready to
lead services, to read the Torah and to sing in the children's choir;
and
WHEREAS, As a young successful man, Adam Verstanding has continuously
displayed exemplary leadership skills as well as an extraordinary
commitment to the Jewish community; and
WHEREAS, The son of Vivian and Steve Verstanding, Adam Verstanding has
distinguished himself as an individual of superlative ability, estab-
lishing a high standard of excellence and purposefulness of life rarely
achieved in youthful years; and
WHEREAS, With his unwavering dedication to others, Adam Verstanding
represents the best development of the potential which is inherent in
our most precious resource, our youth; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when a young
person of such noble aims and accomplishments is brought to our atten-
tion, it is appropriate to publicly and jubilantly proclaim and commend
that individual for the edification of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Adam Verstanding upon the occasion of receiving the Frank
Strassfeld Young Leadership Award from the Hollis Hills Jewish Center;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Adam Verstanding.