2015-2016 Bill 1218: Miss SC Pearls Scholarship Pageant and Gala - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 S. 1218 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Shealy 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\ks\046miss.kmm.ks.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on April 7, 2016 13 Adopted by the Senate on April 7, 2016 14 15 Summary: Miss SC Pearls Scholarship Pageant and Gala 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 4/7/2016 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 4) 22 23 View the latest legislative information at the website 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 4/7/2016 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE NORTH 12 CAROLINA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION’S MISS SC PEARLS 13 SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT AND GALA. 14 15 Whereas, the Miss SC Pearls Scholarship Pageant and Gala is a 16 program founded in 2016 by executive director Sabrina Odom and 17 sponsored by the North Carolina Business Association to teach 18 young women to love and respect themselves and the importance 19 of giving back to their community; and 20 21 Whereas, the Miss SC Pearls Scholarship Pageant and Gala’s 22 motto is “Miss SC Pearls embodies integrity, charitability, and 23 confidence. She is clothed in strength and dignity”; and 24 25 Whereas, in addition to providing an educational scholarship to the 26 pageant winner, this year’s Miss SC Pearls Scholarship Pageant 27 and Gala will benefit the South Carolina Coalition against 28 Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse and raise awareness about 29 domestic violence, which is an epidemic in South Carolina; and 30 31 Whereas, the Miss SC Pearls Scholarship Pageant and Gala will 32 instill in the young ladies, who are our next generation, that they 33 are pearls, and that they must demand respect at all times and not 34 accept verbal or physical abuse from anyone; and 35 36 Whereas, it has been determined that this event would be in the 37 public interest. Now, therefore, 38 39 Be it resolved by the Senate: 40 41 That the South Carolina Senate endorse the Miss SC Pearls 42 Scholarship Pageant and Gala and propose that this program will

[1218] 2 1 unite with other organizations to stamp out the epidemic of 2 domestic violence in our community and make a difference in the 3 lives of the citizens of South Carolina. 4 XX 5

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