Senate Resolution No. 2455

BY: Senator O'MARA

CONGRATULATING Kathryn Holloway upon the occasion
of receiving the Girl Scout Silver Award, Cadette
Scouting's highest award and Girl Scouting's second
highest achievement

WHEREAS, Kathryn Holloway was honored with the Girl Scout Silver
Award, Cadette Scouting's highest award and Girl Scouting's second
highest achievement; and

WHEREAS, Kathryn Holloway is a member of the Girl Scouts of America
Troop 40169, Ithaca, New York; and

WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has cultivated in our Nation's young people
the goals of building solid values of sisterhood and the importance of
working with others, stimulating both mind and body, instilling pride,
and encouraging community service and success; and

WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has expanded the horizons of the countless
hundreds of thousands who have participated in Scouting programs which
have made Scouting an American and international institution; and

WHEREAS, Kathryn Holloway completed a Silver Award community service
project entitled "Project T.A.S.K." which benefited children at the
Cayuga Medical Center; she developed and executed her project in
partnership with her friend and fellow Scout, Cora Feldt; the two girls
held workshops at the Cornell Library Makerspace and the Tompkins County
Public Library to teach volunteers how to sew ugly dolls for children in
the hospital in hopes of lifting their spirits post-surgery; and

WHEREAS, After over 50 hours of volunteer effort spent designing and
executing her project, Kathryn Holloway was able to deliver 70 dolls to
the Cayuga Medical Center, surely making a positive difference in the
surgery experience for the children and families in the Medical Center;
and

WHEREAS, The Silver Award is earned over a two-year period; it is
tangible evidence of Kathryn Holloway's high character and commitment,
and is a harbinger of her future service to her community, New York
State and our Nation; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate Kathryn Holloway's, recognizing her achievement in earning
the Girl Scout Silver Award, and to wish her continued success in all
her future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Kathryn Holloway.