LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Jessica Jellema upon the occasion of
receiving the Girl Scout Silver Award

WHEREAS, Jessica Jellema will be honored with the Girl Scout Silver
Award, for 11 to 14-year-old girls and Girl Scouting's second highest
achievement, at a Girl Scouts of America Awards Ceremony, to be held at
the Herricks Community Center in New Hyde Park, New York, on Wednesday,
May 23, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Jessica Jellema resides in Williston Park, New York; she is
an eighth grade student at Herricks Middle School and is a member of
Troop 1561; and
WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has cultivated in our nation's young people the
goals of building solid values of sisterhood and the importance of work-
ing 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
young women who have participated in the programs which have made Girl
Scouting an American and international institution; and
WHEREAS, To earn the Silver Award, Jessica Jellema completed five
requirements; the first four requirements help girls build skills,
explore careers, gain leadership skills, and make a commitment to self-
improvement and are followed by the completion of the fifth requirement,
a Silver Award community service project which Jessica Jellema planned,
developed and executed; and
WHEREAS, For her Silver Award project, Jessica Jellema, worked with
seven other members of Troop 1561 on two projects; they spent nearly a
year working on the Breathe Journey, a program for sixth, seventh and
eighth graders during which they explored the air around them and
learned about air-clearing strategies; and
WHEREAS, For their second project, they, in addition, adopted a local
veteran who is currently serving his second tour of duty in Iraq and, on
each of the major holidays, they created goody bags of fun food and
cards they had made for him which were dropped off at the U.S. Marine
Corps base on Stewart Avenue in Garden City for shipment to him; and
WHEREAS, The Silver Award symbolizes an 11 to 14-year-old Girl Scout's
accomplishments in Girl Scouting and community activities as she matures
and works to better her life and the lives of others; it is tangible
evidence of Jessica Jellema's high character and commitment, and is a
harbinger of her future service to her community, New York State and our
nation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
warmly congratulate Jessica Jellema, recognizing her achievement in
earning the Girl Scout Silver Award and wishing her success, health and
happiness; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Jessica Jellema.