HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 5019 2002-06-10
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Resolution Number~
A Resolution of the ,City Council of the City of Seal Beach,
California, Honoring and Commending Alexandra Gornick for
Achieving the Girl Scouts of America Gold Award
WHEREAS; Girl Scouting has inspired young girls and women with the highest
ideals of ~haracter, conduct and patriotism, with the Gold Award being
the highest rank a Girl Scout can achieve; and
WHEREAS, the Gold Award is attained by earning Four Interest Project Patches, the
Senior Challenae of Livina the Promise and Law, the Senior Leadership
Award, the Career Exploration Award of "From Dreams to Realitv," and
by completing a Gold Award project of service within the community of
over 50 hours; and '
WHEREAS, Seal Beach resident Alexandra Gornick of Senior Troop No. 771, Los
Alamitos Service Unit, Girl Scout Council of Orange County,' has
complet~d all of her Gold Award requirements and will be presented
her Gold Award on June 11, 2002; and
WHEREAS, beginning her Girl Scout activities in 1990 as a member of a Daisy
Troop in Olathe, Kansas, Alexandra has progressed through Brownie
Troops in both Kansas and Los Alamitos, Junior Troop 1441, Cadette
Troop 1433 and Senior Troop 771; and
WHEREAS, Alexandra completed four Interest Patches: "Your Best Defense," "The
Play's the Thing", "Invitation to Dance" and "Fashion Design". In
addition, Alexandra helped the College Park East Neighborhood
, Association In its activities for neighborhood children by assisting with
crafts, painting faces and helping to run the games for the children; and
WHEREAS, for her Leadership project, Alexandra organized and ran the Service
Unit campout at Schabarum Park in Los Angeles. Her service project
for her Senior Challenge was to plan a campout which included a '
potluck for Thinking Day for older girl scouts; and
WHEREAS, Alexandra performed her Gold Award Community Service by working
with Holy Family Services in Santa Ana, which is an adoption and foster
care agency, helping to increase awareness of adoption by giving
presentations in local high schools and facilities for unwed mothers,
and participating in workshops with adoptive parents. Alexandra also
started a birth mother support group at the agency and conducted a
drive to collect clothes and other items needed by foster families.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach, California, does hereby commend and honor
ALEXANDRA GORNICK
For achieving the highest rank in Girl Scouting, the Gold Award in Senior Troop 771,
Los Alamltos Service Unit of the Girl Scout Council of Orange County, Girl Scouts of
America.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach, California, at a meeting thereof held on the Tenth Day of June, Two
Thousand and Two.
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Mayor John Larson
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Resolution Number ~/~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do her~9ifY
that the foregoing Resolution Is the original copy of Resolution Numbe on
file' the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted %~ City
un "of the City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the _ day of
,2002.
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