LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Junior Midget Cheerleaders,
Pee Wee Cheerleaders and Junior Pee Wee Cheerleaders of the North Rock-
land Midget Football League upon the occasion of their 2011 National
Championships and Bronze Medal victories

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, Founded in 1929, Pop Warner Little Scholars is a non-profit
organization that provides youth football and cheer and dance programs
for participants in 42 states and several countries around the world; it
is the only youth football, cheerleading and dance organization that
requires its participants to maintain academic standards in order to
participate; and
WHEREAS, Consisting of approximately 425,000 young people ranging from
ages five to 16 years old, Pop Warner is the largest youth football,
cheer and dance program in the world; each year Pop Warner continues to
expand its efforts in team and activity participation, as well as visi-
bility and outreach in the community; and
WHEREAS, The Pop Warner Programs Philosophy has been that athletics
and scholastics go hand in hand; at every level, Pop Warner programs
seek to develop well-rounded young men and women who learn not only the
fundamentals of football, cheerleading, and dance but also the impor-
tance of education in an atmosphere conducive to developing sound char-
acter while having a good time; and
WHEREAS, The Rockland County Pop Warner League exists to promote and
sponsor a Pop Warner youth program of competitive age and weight group
tackle football, flag football and cheerleading, combined with the
teaching, training and supervision of the ideals of sportsmanship, team-
work, scholarship and development of good character; and
WHEREAS, Rockland County Youth Football and Cheerleading are proud
members of Pop Warner Little Scholars and Eastern Region Pop Warner; its
league is composed of 10 associations throughout the Rockland, Westches-
ter and Orange counties of Metro New York, as well as Bergen County, New
Jersey; and
WHEREAS, The North Rockland Red Raiders are located in the northern
part of Rockland County, New York; its membership covers the towns of
Haverstraw and Stony Point, as well as the Villages of Haverstraw and
West Haverstraw; and
WHEREAS, Founded in 1964, the North Rockland Midget Football and Cheer
has been setting a "Tradition of Excellence" for over 45 years; and
WHEREAS, The North Rockland Midget Football Junior Midget-Large
(Intermediate) Cheerleaders are the 2011 National Champions; they also
captured First Place in the Rockland County, Northeast Qualifier, Empire
State Classic and Eastern Region competitions; and
WHEREAS, The North Rockland Junior Pee Wee Cheerleaders were also the
2011 National Champions; and
WHEREAS, The 2011 North Rockland Pee Wee Cheerleaders finished Third
in the Nation as Bronze Medalist winners; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment; the Junior Midget Cheerleaders, Junior Pee Wee Cheer-
leaders and Pee Wee Cheerleaders of the North Rockland Midget Football

League are outstanding athletes who have clearly made a contribution to
the spirit of excellence which is their tradition; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the Junior Midget Cheerleaders, Pee Wee Cheerleaders and
Junior Pee Wee Cheerleaders of the North Rockland Midget Football League
upon the occasion of their 2011 National Championships and Bronze Medal
victories, and on their outstanding season; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members of the Junior Midget Cheerleaders, Junior Pee Wee
Cheerleaders and Pee Wee Cheerleaders of the North Rockland Midget Foot-
ball League.