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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-209
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
May 3, 2016
To recognize Rudy Schreiber, Jr. for becoming an Eagle Scout.
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. has been a Ward 7 resident since 2002;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. has been an involved community member of Ward 7 by regularly participating in community events to improve community parks and gardens, and attending community meetings of the Penn-Branch Citizens Civic Association;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. is a Scout at Troop 500 housed at the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, and has served as the Troop’s Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, and Patrol Leader;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. led 2 high adventure trips as a Boy Scout, a 7-day sailing trip beginning at Sea Base Islamorada Florida and sailing from Key West to Key Largo of the Florida Keys, and a 9-day hiking trip at elevations above 9,000 feet in New Mexico at the Philmont Scout Ranch;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. participated in a 9-day high adventure canoeing trip in the Adirondacks and another Sea Base high adventure trip in the Florida Keys;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. completed his Eagle Scout project benefitting Fort Davis Park in Ward 7 by creating an education garden adjacent to the park offices, refurbishing an existing accessible garden at the East end of the park, and painting blazes for an unmarked trail in the park;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. has participated in numerous Boy Scout community service projects, including scouting for food and the winter coat drive, as well as 2 other Eagle projects that benefited Ward 7 park lands;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. has been elected to the Order of the Arrow, the Boy Scout Honor Society;
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. continues to contribute to scouting by volunteering as an adult leader; and
WHEREAS, Rudy Schreiber, Jr. has earned the highest rank in Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout, and he will be awarded the medal on June 11, 2016, at the Mason’s Naval Lodge on Capitol Hill.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Rudy Schreiber, Jr. Eagle Scout Recognition Resolution of 2016”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia congratulates Rudy Schreiber, Jr. on the occasion of his having earned the highest rank in Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
