Senate Resolution No. 1695

BY: Senator YOUNG

MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
April 23-29, 2017, as Volunteer Week in the State of
New York, in conjunction with the observance of
National Volunteer Week

WHEREAS, National Volunteer Week was first designated by an
Executive Order from President Richard Nixon in 1974; the week serves to
recognize and encourage people to engage in their community through
volunteer service; and

WHEREAS, Nation Volunteer Week works to inspire, equip and mobilize
people to take actions that can change the world; and

WHEREAS, Volunteers can connect with local community service
opportunities through hundreds of community service organizations, such
as Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc.; and

WHEREAS, Individuals and communities are at the center of social
change, discovering their power to make a difference; and

WHEREAS, During National Volunteer Week service projects will be
performed across our great nation and volunteers will be recognized for
their commitment to service; and

WHEREAS, Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc., has more than 100
volunteers who serve Meals on Wheels, work in food pantries, soup
kitchen, victims services, and more; and

WHEREAS, The giving of oneself in service to another empowers the
giver and the recipient; experience teaches that government by itself
cannot solve all of the nation's problems; and

WHEREAS, Our country's volunteer force of over 63 million is a great
treasure; those who volunteer play a vital role in our community and our
future as a caring and productive nation; and

WHEREAS, The State of New York should help encourage volunteerism
and the spirit of giving during National Volunteer Week, so that a
greater call to action can encourage residents to spread the
philanthropic spirit; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 23-29, 2017, as
Volunteer Week in the State of New York, in conjunction with the
observance of National Volunteer Week; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York, and Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc.