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File #: 08802    Version: 1 Name: Congratulating Wade Allen on placing fifth in District 2 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars oratorical scholarship contest, The Voice of Democracy.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/14/2008 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: 1/22/2008 Final action: 1/22/2008
Enactment date: 1/29/2008 Enactment #: RES-08-00052
Title: Congratulating Wade Allen on placing fifth in District 2 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars oratorical scholarship contest, The Voice of Democracy.
Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz, COMMON COUNCIL
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Congratulating Wade Allen on placing fifth in District 2 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars oratorical scholarship contest, The Voice of Democracy.

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WHEREAS, the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Voice of Democracy scholarship program, created in 1947, is an audio-essay contest for high school students; and

 

WHEREAS, the contest is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to voice their opinion in a three- to five-minute essay based on an annual theme; and

 

WHEREAS, the theme of this year’s contest was “My Role in Honoring America’s Veterans”; and

 

WHEREAS, Wade Allen, a 14-year old freshman at LaFollette High School, wrote an essay that touched on the many things he has done to support United States troops overseas, including:

                     Getting his Scout troop to join an “adopt-a-soldier” program;

                     Collecting toiletries and shipping them to a logistics unit so they could properly supply a shower facility for combat soldiers; and

                     Collecting and sending stuffed animals to an Army Warrant Officer who equipped them with parachutes and air dropped them from his helicopter to Iraqi children as part of a program the officer has named “Operation Teddy Drop”; and

 

WHEREAS, in his essay, Wade also expressed pride that he has been able to work toward a memorial honoring Sergeant Mark Maida, the first Madisonian killed in the Iraq War; and

 

WHEREAS, Wade stated that he intends to further honor America’s veterans by entering the Navy and that he plans to attend the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland; and

 

WHEREAS, Wade also stated that it isn’t hard to honor our veterans, saying that the best way to do so is to become an involved citizen, to educate ourselves about the challenges facing our nation, and to know and exercise the rights our veterans have fought to defend for us; and

 

WHEREAS, Wade said that each time a person lends a hand to his community, votes in an election, takes part in our government or stands for our national anthem, a veteran smiles and says, “Thanks”; and

 

WHEREAS, Wade’s essay won first place at Madison VFW Post 7591, which advanced him to the district level and competition with the 41 other post-level winners from the Wisconsin VFW’s 2nd District, comprised of Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson and Waukesha counties;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Madison hereby congratulate Wade Allen on placing fifth in District 2 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ oratorical scholarship contest, The Voice of Democracy.