What's happening
This resolution commends Evan Gitlitz for his community service and special recognition at the Jewish Community Relations Council-Long Island's Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Why it matters
Highlights the importance of youth engagement in community service. , showing how young individuals like Evan Gitlitz can serve as positive role models and inspire peers to take action on social issues.
Draws a direct connection between Holocaust remembrance and combating modern-day bigotry and indifference. , reinforcing the idea that learning from history can motivate civic responsibility and empathy.
Recognizes both local and international impact. Evan’s work addresses homelessness in New York City and disaster recovery in Costa Rica, illustrating how community service can have far-reaching effects.
Reinforces the value of programs that foster dignity and support for marginalized groups. , suggesting that such initiatives not only benefit recipients but also cultivate compassion and leadership skills in participants.
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Who cares
Evan Gitlitz and his family
The resolution would commend his community service and provide him with an engrossed copy.
Jewish Community Relations Council-Long Island
The resolution would recognize its designation of Gitlitz for special recognition at its Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration.
Temple Sinai in Roslyn Heights
The resolution would highlight its student’s service in a teen program providing meals and hygiene products to homeless people in New York City.
Project Brasilito
The resolution would recognize Gitlitz’s role in helping found the organization, which assists a Costa Rican school dealing with earthquake damage.
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Honor Evan Gitlitz
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 7
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History
- Adopted
- Reported to calendar for consideration
- Referred to finance
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Senate Resolution No. 4714 BY: Senator PHILLIPS COMMENDING Evan Gitlitz upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the Jewish Community Relations Council-Long Island, at its Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration on
April 26, 2018 WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay tribute to those young people within the great Empire State who have made strong contributions to their communities and who serve as role models for their peers; and… Show allHide
April 26, 2018 WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay tribute to those young people within the great Empire State who have made strong contributions to their communities and who serve as role models for their peers; and WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend Evan Gitlitz upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the Jewish Community Relations Council-Long Island, at its Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration to be held on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York; and WHEREAS, Holocaust Remembrance Day, known in Hebrew as Yom HaShoah, is a day set aside for remembering the victims of the Holocaust and for reminding New Yorkers, all Americans, and people around the world of what can happen to civilized people when bigotry, hatred and indifference reign; and WHEREAS, At this auspicious event, Evan Gitlitz will be recognized for his diligent work in creating a more civil society for the citizens of not only Nassau County, but the entire State of New York; and WHEREAS, A student at Temple Sinai in Roslyn Heights, New York, Evan Gitlitz has dedicated the last three years of his life to serving in a teen program which provides monthly meals and hygiene products to homeless people on the streets of New York City; and WHEREAS, Throughout this valuable program, Evan Gitlitz has truly learned that each and every person on this planet has value, and deserves to be supported and treated with dignity; and WHEREAS, Evan Gitlitz also helped found Project Brasilito, an organization which assists a school in Costa Rica which is dealing with the aftermath of a massive earthquake; this kind and generous young man proves that a single person can change the world with a positive attitude and hard work; and WHEREAS, Evan Gitlitz is a credit to his family, school, community, and his State and Nation, and it is certain that his future will be filled with accomplishments of equal importance; and WHEREAS, With his sense of civic duty and his commitment to others, Evan Gitlitz represents the best development of the potential which is inherent in our most precious resource, our youth; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commend Evan Gitlitz upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the Jewish Community Relations Council-Long Island, at its Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration on April 26, 2018; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Evan Gitlitz.
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