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2022 SESSION

22107630D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 177
Offered March 10, 2022
Commending Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu.
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Patron-- Subramanyam
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WHEREAS, Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu, students at Rockridge High School, founded Immunize4Immunity, a nonprofit organization to bolster the welfare of the general public through informational events and service projects on vaccinations; and

WHEREAS, Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu held educational events in local communities to educate the public on vaccinations; and

WHEREAS, Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu’s organization held a community mask-making event in which approximately 80 volunteers created and donated more than 5,400 masks for a variety of healthcare facilities; and

WHEREAS, Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu’s non-profit, in partnership with UNICEF, helped to raise over $70,000 for families in India impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu worked with 73 volunteers across 13 chapters to donate 5,360 books to a variety of charities, libraries, and donation centers in disadvantaged communities across the nation; and

WHEREAS, Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu’s donations have helped combat educational asymmetry in disadvantaged communities across the United States where learning was disproportionately impacted by the pandemic; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu hereby be commended for founding Immunize4Immunity to educate the general public on vaccinations and for their dedication to improving education; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Abhishek Krishnan and Jeet Metu as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for their mission and best wishes for their continued success.