5862891 ACR 21-148, Jack & Lovell Olender Foundation Awardees for 2016 Recognition Resolution of 2015

A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION

 

21-148

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

December 1, 2015

 

 

To recognize and honor the Jack & Lovell Olender Foundation Awardees for 2016 for their dedicated service to the community, and to declare December 5, 2015, as “Olender Foundation Awardees Day” in the District of Columbia.

 

WHEREAS, for 3 decades, the Olender Foundation has recognized and honored citizens of the District of Columbia and the world for their dedicated, heroic, and meritorious service;

 

WHEREAS, the Olender Foundation Awardees for 2016 have been selected;

 

WHEREAS, Wil Haygood has been selected by the Olender Foundation as the

recipient of the Advocate for Justice 2016 Award;

 

WHEREAS, the Robert A. Shuker Scholarship Fund has been selected by the Olender Foundation as the recipient of the Generous Heart 2016 Award; and

 

WHEREAS, Reverend George C. Gilbert, Sr., Reverend George C. Gilbert, Jr., and Xavier Gilbert  have been selected by the Olender Foundation as recipients of the

Peacemaker 2016 Award.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Jack & Lovell Olender Foundation Awardees for 2016 Recognition Resolution of 2015".

 

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia recognizes, honors, salutes, and congratulates the Olender Foundation Awardees for 2016 for the valuable contribution they have made to the District of Columbia and declares December 5, 2015, as the “Olender Foundation Awardees Day” in the District of Columbia.

 

Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.