Honor Pamela Canty Volunteer Award

counties adapt to vision loss, maximize remaining vision, achieve

their goals, and expand their independence; and

WHEREAS, In addition, NABA offered screenings to over 3,640 children

between 18 months and five years of age for possible vision problems;

and

WHEREAS, Pamela Canty is a longtime friend and volunteer of NABA;

for the past several years, she has graciously devoted her time and

energies to helping NABA fulfill its mission of providing critically

needed support, guidance and assistance to the blind and visually

impaired across the Capital Region; and

WHEREAS, Pamela Canty was introduced to NABA on her first day of

employment with FirstLight as a volunteer at their yearly golf

tournament; after meeting NABA's dedicated employees and learning about

their extraordinary services, she realized she had to do whatever she

could to help this worthy organization improve the lives of people

dealing with vision loss and disabilities; and

WHEREAS, Throughout her 20 year career, Pamela Canty has garnered a

diverse range of experiences through various aspects of management

including account management, customer relations, IT Project Management,

network security, and database administration; and

WHEREAS, Since September of 2009, Pamela Canty has been an Account

Manager at FirstLight which provides fiber-optic data, Internet, data

center cloud and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers

throughout the Northeast; and

WHEREAS, In this capacity, Pamela Canty handles existing FirstLight

customer accounts and sells its products to new customers; for many

years in a row, she was recognized for her outstanding sales

performance, and in 2016, she won the President's Club for outstanding

performance; and

WHEREAS, When she is not working, Pamela Canty enjoys travelling and

spending time with her cherished family, especially her eight-month-old

granddaughter; and

WHEREAS, With her throughout have been her husband of almost 29

years, Tyrone Canty, their two daughters, and one grandchild, all of

whom feel privileged to be a part of her life and rejoice in her

achievements; and

WHEREAS, Volunteerism is an essential element of all societies; it

provides a way in which the human values of community, caring and

serving can be sustained and strengthened; and

WHEREAS, Volunteerism also promotes family and community solidarity;

most importantly, people who volunteer their time in civic and

charitable endeavors inspire others to the call of volunteerism; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when

individuals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our

attention, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens

of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to

honor Pamela Canty upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of

the 2017 Volunteer of the Year Award by the Northeastern Association of

the Blind at Albany; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be

transmitted to Pamela Canty.