LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to
proclaim May 24, 2011, as Athletic Training Day in the State of New York

WHEREAS, Athletic Trainers strive to provide excellence in health care
for those athletes participating in scholastic, collegiate, recreation-
al, and professional sports; and
WHEREAS, With pride and dedication, athletic trainers work to educate
the community on methods and techniques used to decrease the chance of
injuries occurring to athletes and other physically active persons; and
WHEREAS, New York State recognizes the skilled efforts to those
professionals as they endeavor to care for and manage the health
concerns of athletes and physically active persons; and
WHEREAS, Groups such as the New York State Athletic Trainers' Associ-
ation, founded in 1976, work to improve the health care available to
physically active persons within the State through the advancement of
the athletic training profession; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 24, 2011, as
Athletic Training Day in the State of New York, and to recognize the
important services provided by athletic trainers to New York's citizens;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitable engrossed, be tran-
smitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New
York, and to the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association.