SENATE RESOLUTION 58

(By Senators Tarr, Jeffries, and Plymale)

[Introduced February 22, 2019]

Congratulating Tylee Oldham for receiving a 2019 Prudential Spirit of Community Award as a Distinguished Finalist.

Whereas, The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program is the United States’ largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service; and

Whereas, Created in 1995 by Prudential and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the program honors middle level and high school students for outstanding service to others at the local, state, and national level; and

Whereas, Tylee Oldham is a student at Hurricane High School and has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to serving her community by giving generously of her time as a hospital volunteer, spending hundreds of hours working in registration, lab, and patient support, as well as coordinating stuffed-animal and care-package drives; and

Whereas, Tylee Oldham was inspired to start working in a hospital after spending time with her grandmother in hospice care and hopes to pursue a career as a materials engineer, helping design prosthetics materials to be used in medicine; and

Whereas, The success of the State of West Virginia, the strength of our communities, and the overall vitality of American society depend, in great measure, upon the dedication of young people like Tylee Oldham, who use their considerable talents and resources to serve others; and

Whereas, For her efforts, Tylee Oldham has achieved national recognition for exemplary volunteer service by receiving a 2019 Prudential Spirit of Community Award as a Distinguished Finalist; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate hereby congratulates Tylee Oldham for receiving a 2019 Prudential Spirit of Community Award as a Distinguished Finalist; and, be it

Further Resolved, The Senate extends its sincere gratitude and appreciation to Tylee Oldham for her outstanding record of volunteer service, peer leadership, and community spirit, and wishes her well on a bright future; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Tylee Oldham.