LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Ari Ackerman upon the occasion of his
designation as recipient of the Young Leadership Award by the Jewish
Children's Museum on April 7, 2014

WHEREAS, The quality and character of life in this Nation, and the great
State of New York, is reflective of the purposeful lives and good works
of those patriotic and civic-minded community members who dedicate their
lives and careers to the service of others; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Ari Ackerman
upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Young Leader-
ship Award by the Jewish Children's Museum, celebrated at its 9th Annual
Gala Dinner on Monday, April 7, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York; and
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, Ari Ackerman has given not only of his time and energies but
also of his competence, intelligence and leadership and consequently has
been designated for special honor; and
WHEREAS, In the summer of 1999, Ari Ackerman graduated from Northwest-
ern's Kellogg Business School; with a passion for summer camp and a
fascination for the emerging world of the Internet, he founded
Bunk1.com; and
WHEREAS, Remaining true to its mission to provide technological
solutions to camps while maintaining the integrity of the camp experi-
ence, Bunk1 created and introduced the immensely popular photo gallery
and Bunk Notes, a one-way email service for parents, to the camp world
in 2001; and
WHEREAS, With featured articles on Bunk1's services to camp parents in
CNN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and TIME
MAGAZINE, the idea generated momentum and Bunk1 was serving more than
300 camps across the United States by 2003; and
WHEREAS, Under the luminous direction of Ari Ackerman, Bunk1 added
additional services including Bunk Replies, online newsletters, message
boards, staffing services, and summer camp search engines; and
WHEREAS, In addition, with social media on the rise, Bunk1 has found
new ways to integrate the most popular networking sites which provide
camp directors with such abilities as photo tagging, and adding effects
and filters to photos; and
WHEREAS, By 2004, Bunk1 had attended over 100 camp conferences, spoken
to thousands of camp directors, and served over 1 million camp parents;
and
WHEREAS, After nearly 15 years of experience and employing a team with
more than 100 years of combined camp experience, Bunk1 launched its 2.0
version of an all-inclusive camp management solution; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the entire period of his community service, a
period of constructive involvement, Ari Ackerman has stood constant in
dignity, good grace and humor; 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
honor Ari Ackerman upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of
the Young Leadership Award by the Jewish Children's Museum on April 7,
2014; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Ari Ackerman.