HR 218 — Commending Healthy Families Rappahannock Area.

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and WHEREAS, Healthy Families Rappahannock Area works with the Rappahannock Area Community Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, Project LINK, five local Departments of Social Services, and, many other public and private agencies and organizations;

and WHEREAS, Healthy Families Rappahannock Area has fulfilled its mission through the hard work and compassion of its staff members, the leadership and guidance of its board of directors, and generous support from community partners;

now, therefore, be ititd :guidance of its board of directors, and generous RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Healthy Families Rappahannock Area hereby be commended on the occasion of its 25th anniversary;

35and, RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Healthy Families Rappahannock Area hereby be 37it comRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution 38 for presentation to Healthy Families Rappahannock Area as an expression of the House of Delegates' 39 admiration for the organization's achievements in service to families in the region.