SENATE RESOLUTION 23

(By Senators Baldwin, Lindsay, Jeffries, Hamilton, Caputo, Stollings, Martin, and Rucker)

[Introduced February 8, 2022]

Recognizing the Youth Leadership Association Youth in Government, and their program’s positive impact on providing leadership to the youth of West Virginia.

Whereas, The Youth Leadership Association, formerly known as HI-Y, has partnered with the State of West Virginia for more than one hundred years; and

Whereas, This partnership engages youth in local Youth Leadership Association civic leadership groups, the teen Entrepreneurship and Leadership Summits, as well as the Governor’s Youth Opportunity Camps for low-income children at Camp Horseshoe, Youth Leadership Association Model United Nations, and 8th Grade Youth and Government Seminars at the Capitol; and

          Whereas, The student officers of the Youth Leadership Association Youth in Government program represent hundreds of young West Virginians preparing for life-long citizenship and taking volunteer actions today to build better futures for all across the Mountain State; and

          Whereas, The West Virginia Senate would like to congratulate the following participants for their interest in their state and beliefs: Shane Arthur (James Monroe High School), Chaplain of the Senate; Emma Ballard (James Monroe High School), Clerk of the Senate; Lauren Ballard (James Monroe High School), Governor; Kayla Butler (Point Pleasant High School), Secretary of State; Matison Brown (Point Pleasant High School), Clerk of the House; Colton Gibbs, (Point Pleasant High School), Secretary of Treasury; Matthew Goff (James Monroe High School), Chief Justice; Luke Jackson (James Monroe High School), Speaker of the House; Madison McMillion (James Monroe High School), Associate Justice; Jakobey Meadows (James Monroe High School), Chaplain of the House; Cameron Ross (Lewis County), Secretary of Education; Cameron Thomas (James Monroe High School), Secretary of Health; Madison Vass (James Monroe High School), President of the Senate; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate:

That the West Virginia Senate congratulates the Youth Leadership Association Youth in Government and their program’s positive impact on providing leadership to the youth of West Virginia; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Youth Leadership Association Youth in Government West Virginia program.