Senate Resolution No. 342

BY: Senator MARTINS

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

WHEREAS, Jessica Shaw, through her diligence and rigorous efforts,
has achieved Cadette Scouting's highest and Girl Scouting's second
highest achievement, the Silver Award; the Willistons, Albertson,
Roslyn, Mineola (W.A.R.M.) Girl Scout Association Award Ceremony will be
held on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Chaminade High School's Activity
Athletic Center in Mineola, New York; and

WHEREAS, Jessica Shaw is a member of the Girl Scouts of America
Troop 1825; 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, In 2020, Jessica Shaw completed a Silver Award community
service project which she planned, developed and executed along with one
of her fellow Scouts; they collaborated with the From Here to Haiti
(FHTH) organization to form a girls softball team in Haiti and organized
a three-month program that culminated in a tournament; and

WHEREAS, To achieve this goal, Jessica Shaw and her friend explained
the game and presented their proposal to the diocesan youth director in
Jeremie, who gladly accepted the challenge; and

WHEREAS, Jessica Shaw and her friend then shipped a barrel filled
with softball equipment for two teams, Team Jessica and Team Brianna,
and raised funds to pay the coaches during the three-month period; the
girls also sent self-made instructional videos on different aspects of
the game; and

WHEREAS, Jessica Shaw is a credit to her family, her school, her
community, her State and her Nation, and no doubt her future will be
filled with accomplishments of equal importance; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate Jessica Shaw, 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 Jessica Shaw.