LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Rhonda Faulkner upon the occasion of her
designation as recipient of the Community Person of the Year Award by
the Bellmore Chamber of Commerce

WHEREAS, Individuals who give of their time and energies and serve the
best interests of their communities are an asset beyond remuneration and
cannot be sufficiently extolled; and
WHEREAS, Rhonda Faulkner of Phoenix Medical Billing and Consultants
has given not only of her time and energies but also of her competence,
intelligence and leadership and consequently has been designated for
special recognition; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Rhonda Faulk-
ner upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Community
Person of the Year Award by the Bellmore Chamber of Commerce to be cele-
brated at its Annual Installation Dinner on January 29, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Rhonda Faulkner has been called upon to contribute her time
and talents to countless civic and charitable endeavors and has always
given of herself unstintingly; and
WHEREAS, Rhonda Faulkner is a firm believer that no one should ever go
hungry and she has never been one to ignore the less fortunate; whether
it has been donating her time to feeding the hungry in homeless shel-
ters, making and handing out sandwiches for her Temple or taking the
time out to walk into a deli and purchase a complete meal for a homeless
man sitting on the curb just begging for spare change; and
WHEREAS, Holiday time is supposed to be a magical time of year for
everyone; Rhonda Faulkner used to dress up like a Christmas Elf and
deliver toys to children in hospitals and more recently, for the past
few years, she has been disguising herself as 'Santa' and answering the
letters of thousands of children; and
WHEREAS, Although these children are writing in with prayers for their
parents to get better or to find work, and all they want for Christmas
is for their father to have a new sweater or their mother to have a new
cooking pot so she can make dinner, Rhonda Faulkner will send those in a
box along with age appropriate toys and clothes for the author of the
letter and any siblings they may have; and
WHEREAS, When she found out donations of school supplies were needed
for children whose families could not afford them, Rhonda Faulkner put
together almost 50 kits that included a notebook, pencils and pens,
highlighters, a ruler, erasers, a pencil sharpener, a box of crayons and
a pencil box to store all the supplies; and
WHEREAS, In addition to donating what little spare time she does have,
Rhonda Faulkner has been able to create for herself a very successful
medical billing and consulting company that literally began in the base-
ment of her house; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the entire period of her community service, a
period of constructive involvement, Rhonda Faulkner has stood constant
in dignity, good grace and humor; and
WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by individuals
for the benefit of others which Rhonda Faulkner has displayed throughout
her life; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that those who
enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown a
long and sustained commitment to excellence certainly have earned the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Rhonda Faulkner upon the occasion of her designation as recipient

of the Community Person of the Year Award by the Bellmore Chamber of
Commerce; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Rhonda Faulkner.