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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 396 Commending Stone Bridge High School DECA.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 17, 2017

 

WHEREAS, Stone Bridge High School DECA, an association of high school marketing students in Ashburn, helped raise more than $10,000 in donations for Fisher House Foundation, which supports convalescent veterans and their families; and

WHEREAS, Stone Bridge DECA worked with their crosstown rivals at Broad Run High School to launch the Two Schools - One Cause project, which coincided with spirit week and the lead-up to the annual Battle of the Burn football game between the Stone Bridge High School Bulldogs and the Broad Run High School Spartans; and

WHEREAS, in the spirit of friendly competition, the Two Schools - One Cause program pitted Stone Bridge DECA against Broad Run DECA to see who could raise the most money for Fisher House Foundation, which provides free temporary housing to families of soldiers who are receiving medical treatment for wounds or illness; and

WHEREAS, Stone Bridge High School DECA raised $5,938.97 through spirit link and T-shirt sales, and both schools collected joint donations through a website to raise an overall total of more than $10,375.00; and

WHEREAS, Stone Bridge DECA also adopted a Fisher House location at Fort Belvoir and held a week of giving that resulted in an additional $500 in donations to that location; and

WHEREAS, Stone Bridge DECA was ably led by project managers Maggie McGarrity, Malley McFarlane, and Sean O’Day and advisers Monika Guerrero, Wes Anderson, and Meg Ball; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Stone Bridge High School DECA hereby be commended for its work to support the men and women in uniform who have served and sacrificed in defense of the nation; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Stone Bridge High School DECA as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for the group’s hard work and generosity.