Senate Resolution No. 355

BY: Senator MARTINS

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

WHEREAS, Jacqueline Lingley, 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, Jacqueline Lingley is a member of the Girl Scouts of
America Troop 1162; 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, Jacqueline Lingley completed a Silver Award community
service project to beautify the Williston Park Post Office which she
planned, developed and executed; and

WHEREAS, Along with the rest of her troop, Jacqueline Lingley worked
tirelessly to clean the weeds, trim bushes, lay down mulch, sand and
repaint railings, renovate two old worn four-foot benches to use for a
new eight foot elegantly stained bench, repaint lanterns, replace all
the shutters on the front of the building, and plant beautiful mums
outside the post office; and

WHEREAS, Jacqueline Lingley 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 Jacqueline Lingley, 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 Jacqueline Lingley.