HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-050 CCRMember Kay lasman introduced the following resolution and moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-50
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ASHLEE KEPHART AS A 2008 NATIONAL
CARING AWARD WINNER
WHEREAS, Ashlee Kephart is one of five young people in America to receive the
Caring Institute 2008 National Caring Award; and
WHEREAS, on April 7, 2008, Ashlee Kephart was inducted into the Hall of Fame for
Caring Americans, a museum located at 320 A Street in Washington, DC, in what was the first
Washington, DC, home of Frederick Douglass, the great human rights leader; and
WHEREAS, Ashlee Kephart is founder of Kids for a Better World and donates books,
household items, and shoes to thousands of people in Africa and the United States and many are
orphans and disaster victims who find comfort in her "caring bags" full of socks, snacks, toiletries,
and cards saying, "I CARE ABOUT YOU, " and
WHEREAS, Ashlee Kephart does all this because she knows caring means
identifying with someone you've never met, and she brings the same empathy to her recent book
about coping with her father's death, A Special Way of Remembering, which speaks to children who
have lost a parent with this simple but moving advice: "We shouldn't forget somebody important in
our lives. Think about those people and, while you are remembering, do what you love to do."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center that Ashlee Kephart, our 2008 National Caring Award winner, be and hereby is
commended for promoting the values of caring, integrity, and public service.
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1 Date Mayor
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City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Dan Ryan
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Tim Willson, Kay Tasman, Mary O'Connor, Dan Ryan, and Mark Yelich;
and the following voted against the same: none;
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.