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2018 SESSION

18104675D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 64
Offered February 10, 2018
Commending Broad Run High School DECA.
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Patron-- Reid
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WHEREAS, Broad Run High School DECA, an association of marketing students in Ashburn, helped bring joy to military families with young children by making and donating stuffed animals in December 2017; and

WHEREAS, DECA is an international student organization that prepares young leaders for careers in entrepreneurship, marketing, management, finance, hospitality, and tourism and places a high emphasis on professional responsibility and community service; Broad Run DECA has a long history of community outreach in the area; and

WHEREAS, the stuffed animal drive was led by Lauren Board, Hodan Mohamed, and Kiyan Parvaresh, the community service project directors for Broad Run DECA and the presidents of the Broad Run Chick-fil-A Leader Academy, a national high school leadership organization; and

WHEREAS, thirty-two Broad Run High School students donated $50 each and made 100 stuffed bears at Build-A-Bear Workshop; the bears were donated to Sterling Operation Homefront for use in its “Star Spangled Baby Shower” event in June; and

WHEREAS, Operation Homefront is a nonprofit organization that has provided baby supplies to more than 14,000 new and expecting military moms across the nation; Broad Run High School students have previously supported Sterling Operation Homefront by conducting a donation drive and making diaper cakes as well as gift baskets for a baby shower event; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Broad Run High School DECA hereby be commended for its work to support military families; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Broad Run High School DECA as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for the students’ generosity and commitment to community service.