HCR 7 — Support American Legion Buckeye Boys State, Buckeye Girls State

As(House AdoptedConcurrent byResolution Number 7) ACONCURRENT RESOLUTION To support and encourage the Housework 136thof Generalthe AssemblyAmerican RegularLegion SessionBuckeye H.Boys State and the American Legion Auxiliary Buckeye Girls State in providing a premier educational and leadership program to the youth of Ohio.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio (the Senate concurring):

WHEREAS, TheAmerican Legion Buckeye Boys State was founded in 1936 and is one of the largest Boys State programs in the country;

and WHEREAS, The Buckeye Boys State provides a non-partisan educational and leadership program that exposes young men in Ohio to fundamental democratic principles in city, county, and state government to prepare them for leadership roles as patrioticAmerican citizens;

and WHEREAS, Over 1,200 young men from nearly 600 high schools across Ohio attend the annual eight-day immersive experience in the operation of democratic government, the organization of political parties, and the relationship of one to the other in shaping Ohio government;

and WHEREAS, TheAmerican LegionAuxiliary Buckeye Girls State was founded in 1946 to educate young women of Ohio on the duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities of good citizenship and the workings of city, county, and state government;

and WHEREAS, The Buckeye Girls State delegates attend a week-long experiential learning event with activities including government workshops, legislative sessions, campaigning, debating, and voting;

and WHEREAS, The Buckeye Girls State develops leadership skills, self-confidence, poise, and character;

now therefore be it RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th GeneralAssembly of the State of Ohio, support and encourage the work of theAmerican Legion Buckeye Boys State and theAmerican LegionAuxiliary Buckeye Girls State in providing a premier educational and leadership program to the youth of Ohio;

and be it further RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to theAmerican Legion Buckeye Boys State, theAmerican LegionAuxiliary Buckeye Girls State, and the news media of Ohio.

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Cosponsors:Speaker __________________ of the House of Representatives.

RepresentativesPresident John,__________________ Robb Blasdel, Dovilla, Troy, Richardson, Abrams, Rader, Bird, Pizzulli, Daniels, Hall, D., Gross, Brennan, Hall, T., Hiner, Klopfenstein, White, E., Abdullahi, McNally, Synenberg, Mathews, T., Miller, K., Fowler Arthur, Robinson, Click, Newman, Piccolantonio, Barhorst, Brewer, Brownlee, Cockley, Creech, Fischer, Grim, Hoops, Humphrey, Jarrells, Johnson, Kishman, Lawson-Rowe, Lear, Lorenz, Manning, Mathews, A., Miller, M., Mohamed, Oelslager, Plummer, Ray, Ritter, Russo, Schmidt, Sigrist, Sims, Thomas, J., White, A., Williams, Willis, Workman A C O N C U R R E N T R E S O L U T I O N To support and encourage the work of the AmericanSenate. Legion 1 Buckeye Boys State and the American Legion Auxiliary 2 Buckeye Girls State in providing a premier educational 3 and leadership program to the youth of Ohio.

4Adopted BE_____________________, IT20____ RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE SENATE CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The American Legion Buckeye Boys State was founded 5 in 1936 and is one of the largest Boys State programs in the 6 country;

and 7 WHEREAS, The Buckeye Boys State provides a non-partisan 8 educational and leadership program that exposes young men in 9 Ohio to fundamental democratic principles in city, county, and 10 state government to prepare them for leadership roles as 11 patriotic American citizens;

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7 Page 2 As Adopted by the House WHEREAS, Over 1,200 young men from nearly 600 high schools 13 across Ohio attend the annual eight-day immersive experience in 14 the operation of democratic government, the organization of 15 political parties, and the relationship of one to the other in 16 shaping Ohio government;

and 17 WHEREAS, The American Legion Auxiliary Buckeye Girls State 18 was founded in 1946 to educate young women of Ohio on the 19 duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities of good 20 citizenship and the workings of city, county, and state 21 government;

and 22 WHEREAS, The Buckeye Girls State delegates attend a week- 23 long experiential learning event with activities including 24 government workshops, legislative sessions, campaigning, 25 debating, and voting;

and 26 WHEREAS, The Buckeye Girls State develops leadership 27 skills, self-confidence, poise, and character;

now therefore be 28 it 29 RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General 30 Assembly of the State of Ohio, support and encourage the work of 31 the American Legion Buckeye Boys State and the American Legion 32 Auxiliary Buckeye Girls State in providing a premier educational 33 and leadership program to the youth of Ohio;

and be it further 34 RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives 35 transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the 36 American Legion Buckeye Boys State, the American Legion 37 Auxiliary Buckeye Girls State, and the news media of Ohio.

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