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2023 SESSION

23106450D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 336
Offered February 16, 2023
Commending the Vienna Girls Softball League.
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Patrons-- Seibold, Adams, D.M., Bagby, Bennett-Parker, Bulova, Clark, Convirs-Fowler, Delaney, Filler-Corn, Gooditis, Guzman, Hayes, Helmer, Herring, Hope, Hudson, Jenkins, Kory, Krizek, Lopez, Maldonado, Murphy, Plum, Price, Rasoul, Reid, Roem, Sewell, Shin, Sickles, Simon, Simonds, Subramanyam, Sullivan, Tran, Ward, Ware, Watts, Williams Graves and Wyatt
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WHEREAS, in 2022, the Vienna Girls Softball League launched a fundraiser to support repairs and renovations at Caffi Fields; and

WHEREAS, since the 1960s the Vienna Girls Softball League has provided opportunities for school-age girls in Northern Virginia to play softball at all levels from recreational teams to club softball and national tournaments; and

WHEREAS, the Vienna Girls Softball League hosts games at Caffi Fields, which is typically maintained through a partnership between the league and the Town of Vienna; and

WHEREAS, after recognizing that extensive repairs were necessary to ensure a high quality of play, the Vienna Girls Softball League launched a community fundraiser with a goal to raise $10,000 to help address several issues causing the fields to retain water, making them less usable after a rainfall; and

WHEREAS, the Vienna Girls Softball League developed a plan to regrade infields to reduce water retention, level the ground between infields and outfields, and put sod between the dugouts and diamonds, as well as seek additional long-term town funding for a complete overhaul of the fields; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Vienna Girls Softball League hereby be commended for its work to rally community support for young athletes; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Vienna Girls Softball League as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for the organization’s service to young people in Vienna.