Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 1946
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-01965-10                                           20101946__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing Phillis Oeters for her
    3         leadership and service to the community in Miami-Dade
    4         County.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, Phillis Oeters came to Florida for the first time
    7  intending to sail and scuba dive before returning to her native
    8  Virginia, and
    9         WHEREAS, upon her return to Virginia, Phillis Oeters
   10  discovered that she had “sand in her shoes,” and ultimately, in
   11  1981, made Miami-Dade County her home, and
   12         WHEREAS, Phillis Oeters has continued to live out her
   13  commitment to community service, which began when she served as
   14  a “Big Sister” in college, volunteering with numerous service
   15  organizations and working as a social worker, and
   16         WHEREAS, Phillis Oeters was recruited by Baptist Healthcare
   17  to help build its community relations department, and
   18         WHEREAS, with the dynamic leadership of Phillis Oeters and
   19  her tireless advocacy for making quality, affordable health care
   20  available to all Floridians, Baptist Healthcare has grown to one
   21  of the area’s largest employers, with more than 13,000
   22  employees, and
   23         WHEREAS, Phillis Oeters serves on numerous boards,
   24  including the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the Beacon
   25  Council, the American Red Cross, United Way, and the Nat Moore
   26  Foundation, and
   27         WHEREAS, in 2009, Phillis Oeters became only the second
   28  woman in the 76-year history of the Orange Bowl to serve as
   29  chair of the Orange Bowl Committee and, in that capacity, led a
   30  $100 million economic development initiative, and
   31         WHEREAS, Phillis Oeters is equally committed to her role as
   32  mother to her daughter, Raquel, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   34  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   35  
   36         That Phillis Oeters is recognized for her outstanding
   37  commitment to community service and economic development in
   38  Miami-Dade County and for her service as chair of the 2009
   39  Orange Bowl Committee.
   40         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   41  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Phillis Oeters
   42  as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.