LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating Mackenzie Mikula upon the occasion
of receiving the distinguished Girl Scout Silver Award, a prestigious
Scouting honor

WHEREAS, Mackenzie Mikula will be honored with the Girl Scout Silver
Award, Cadette Scouting's highest award and Girl Scouting's second high-
est achievement, at the annual NYPENN Pathways Council's Young Women of
Distinction Event; and
WHEREAS, Mackenzie Mikula is a member of Girl Scouts of America Troop
40510, in Trumansburg, New York; and
WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has cultivated in our Nation's young people the
goals of building solid values of sisterhood and the importance of work-
ing 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, For her Silver Award community service project, Mackenzie
Mikula, and three other Girl Scouts, Hailey Wright, and Madison and
Alley Mikula, first raised money by selling smoothies, and then bought
toys for the children at Golisano Children's Hospital; and
WHEREAS, The Silver Award is earned over a two-year period; it is
tangible evidence of Mackenzie Mikula's high character and commitment,
and is a harbinger of her future service to her community, New York
State and our Nation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
recognize her achievement in earning the Girl Scout Silver Award and
wishing her success, health and happiness; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Mackenzie Mikula.