LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Alecia L. Brabant for her dedicated
service to the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps

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
Alecia L. Brabant for her dedicated service to the National Civilian
Community Corps, also known as AmeriCorps, a national community service
organization that supports disaster relief, the environment, infrastruc-
ture improvement, energy conservation, and urban and rural development;
and
WHEREAS, Alecia Brabant is a resident of Ogdensburg, New York; she
graduated from State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 2013 with
a bachelor's degree in business and hotel restaurant tourism; and
WHEREAS, Alecia Brabant has always dreamed of helping others and trav-
eling across the country; and
WHEREAS, In keeping with her goals, Alecia Brabant began a training
program with AmeriCorps in October of 2013, starting her 10 month term
of service on November 9, 2013; and
WHEREAS, As part of the program, Alecia Brabant will complete a series
of six to eight week-long service projects as part of a 10 to 12 person
team; and
WHEREAS, For her first assignment, Alecia Brabant worked at a 2,400
acre 4-H camp in Little Rock, Arkansas, until December of 2013, where
she spent 70 hours a week clearing brush, digging through dirt and rock,
chopping trees, and building rope courses and trails; and
WHEREAS, Alecia Brabant is currently working on her second assignment,
providing tax services to low income families in the communities of
Kansas City, Missouri; in conjunction with this assignment, she is
certified by the IRS to prepare taxes; and
WHEREAS, Through her active involvement with AmeriCorps and her
sincere dedication to helping others and in keeping with the mission of
AmeriCorps, Alecia Brabant exemplifies the best potential which is
inherent in our most precious resource, our youth; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Alecia L. Brabant for her dedicated service to the AmeriCorps
National Civilian Community Corps; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Alecia L. Brabant.