LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Port Jervis Youth Football
League upon its designation as a Model Sport Community for 2011 by the
SUNY Youth Sports Institute

WHEREAS, Excellence and success in competitive sports can be achieved
only through strenuous practice, team play and team spirit, nurtured by
dedicated coaching and strategic planning; and
WHEREAS, Athletic competition enhances the moral and physical develop-
ment of the young people of this State, preparing them for the future by
instilling in them the value of teamwork, encouraging a standard of
healthy living, imparting a desire for success and developing a sense of
fair play and competition; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to congratu-
late the Port Jervis Youth Football League upon its designation as a
Model Sport Community for 2011 by the SUNY Youth Sports Institute; and
WHEREAS, The Port Jervis Youth Football League has garnered state-wide
recognition by being selected by the SUNY Youth Sports Institute as a
Model Sport Community for 2011; and
WHEREAS, There are approximately 6,000 youth sports programs in New
York State, and the Port Jervis Youth Football League was one of six
selected for the prestigious designation as a Model Sport Community for
2011 by the SUNY Youth Sports Institute; and
WHEREAS, The success of the Port Jervis Youth Football League is
attributable to a commitment to developing a relationship between its
programs at the youth level and at the high school level; and
WHEREAS, The dedication of the volunteers of the Port Jervis Youth
Football League is among the reasons the SUNY Youth Sports Institute
honored the Port Jervis Youth Football League with its award of the
designation as a Model Sport Community for 2011; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment; the Port Jervis Youth Football League's outstanding
athletes have clearly made a contribution to the spirit of excellence
which is their tradition and which reflects favorably on their communi-
ty; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the Port Jervis Youth Football League upon its designation
as a Model Sport Community for 2011 by the SUNY Youth Sports Institute;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Port Jervis Youth Football League.