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

WHEREAS, Allison Gardner 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, Allison Gardner 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, Allison Gard-
ner, and two other Girl Scouts, Tess Parker, and Allie Boylan-Voorheis,
invited representatives from the Ithaca SPCA to talk to the troop about
animals at the shelter; they also collected, and donated much needed
items; and
WHEREAS, The Silver Award is earned over a two-year period; it is
tangible evidence of Allison Gardner'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 Allison Gardner.