00 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5                                                                                       
01 Relating to the twenty-fifth annual Girls' State.                                                                       
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03  WHEREAS the twenty-fifth annual Girls' State will be held June 6 - 13, 1993, at the                                    
04 University of Alaska Fairbanks under the sponsorship of the American Legion Auxiliary and                               
05 cooperating organizations; and                                                                                          
06  WHEREAS this outstanding annual program of the American Legion Auxiliary ranks                                         
07 high among the efforts of several Alaska organizations to bring to the youth delegates an                               
08 awareness of their future roles in state and local government; and                                                      
09  WHEREAS this week-long youth citizen exercise of Girls' State is made possible by                                      
10 an admirable combination of volunteer service and the free enterprise of generous people and                            
11 organizations without placing a financial burden on government or on the taxpayer; and                                  
12  WHEREAS it is consistent with these standards for the legislature to encourage state                                   
13 and local legislators and other public officials and agencies to volunteer their services and                           
14 provide copies of state publications and materials that form an important part of the program;                          
01  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature salutes the sponsors of and                                           
02 participants in the twenty-fifth annual Girls' State program; commends those government                                 
03 officials and agencies and private individuals and organizations who support and participate                            
04 in this exercise in youth citizenship; and pledges to continue to provide legislative materials,                        
05 advice, and encouragement to the Girls' State program as it does to similar worthy civic                                
06 efforts.