LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Mackenzie Lozano upon the occasion of
being honored at the Capital District YMCA's 16th Annual Student and
Educator Awards Breakfast on April 30, 2013

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
tribute to those young people within the great Empire State who have
made strong contributions to their communities and who serve as role
models for their peers; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Mackenzie Lozano upon the occasion of being honored at the Capital
District YMCA's 16th Annual Student and Educator Awards Breakfast on
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the Appel Inn, Guilderland, New York; and
WHEREAS, This honor recognizes high school students and educators from
Guilderland, Voorheesville, Berne Knox-Westerlo, Bethlehem, and Ravena-
Coeymans-Selkirk High Schools; 15 students and 3 educators are selected
as overall winners for their dedication to service in their schools,
community, and local YMCA; and
WHEREAS, Mackenzie Lozano, a junior at Guilderland High School, is
passionately concerned about the welfare of others; she has volunteered
at Relay for Life, the Altamont 5K Race, and the Guilderland High School
Trick or Treat Street; and
WHEREAS, A generous young woman, Mackenzie Lozano has donated her time
by baking cookies for the residents at Saint Vincent, and has donated 10
inches of her hair to Locks of Love in a show of support; and
WHEREAS, Mackenzie Lozano was also the creator, organizer and planner
of a bottle drive to benefit a local family affected by Huntington's
disease; and
WHEREAS, With her sense of civic duty and her commitment to others,
Mackenzie Lozano represents the best development of the potential which
is inherent in our most precious resource, our youth; and
WHEREAS, It is the practice of this Legislative Body that when indi-
viduals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Mackenzie Lozano upon the occasion of being honored at the Capi-
tal District YMCA's 16th Annual Student and Educator Awards Breakfast;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Mackenzie Lozano.