Senate Resolution No. 365

BY: Senator MARTINS

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

WHEREAS, Maiya Vorha, 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, Maiya Vorha is a member of the Girl Scouts of America Troop
1022; 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 2022, Maiya Vorha completed a Silver Award community
service project which she planned, developed and executed along with
three of her fellow Scouts; their project, entitled Twenty is Plenty, is
a safe driving initiative for the implementation of 20mph school zone
speed limits; and

WHEREAS, The Silver Award is earned over a two-year period and is
tangible evidence of Maiya Vorha's high character and commitment; and

WHEREAS, Maiya Vorha 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 Maiya Vorha, 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 Maiya Vorha.