HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

52

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

requesting the establishment of the aloha corps.

 

 

WHEREAS, volunteerism offers great contributions to society locally, nationally, and around the world; and

WHEREAS, volunteering takes many different forms and involves a variety of activities; and

WHEREAS, besides the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Job Corps, there are other less well-known federal initiatives like the Senior Corps, Citizens Corps, USA Freedom Corps, and the 118 successor agencies to the Conservation Corps; and

WHEREAS, religious denominations are also associated with various volunteer groups, such as AVODAH: the Jewish Services Corps, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Vincentian Service Corps, Cabrini Mission Corps, Catholic Charities Volunteer Corps, Francis Corps, Lutheran Volunteer Corps, and Lutheran Service Corps; and

WHEREAS, there are also secular nonprofit service groups, such as the Global Service Corps, Green Corps, Africare Service Corps, Inner-City Teaching Corps, the multi-city Executive Service Corps, and United Nations Volunteers; and

WHEREAS, despite the presence of these programs and organizations, the world remains in desperate shape, and the need for organized volunteer services is far from having been met; and

WHEREAS, Hawaii has a population of well-to-do, active retirees, extensive community expertise in Asian-Pacific languages and cultures, know-how in many fields, and a youth population that could benefit from a year or two of training and community service; and

WHEREAS, the Aloha Corps is a project that could enable Hawaii residents, ranging from teenagers to seniors, to work together with nonprofit agencies, at home and overseas, for the greater good of the community; and

WHEREAS, the world needs to learn to develop itself gently, with Aloha, and an Aloha Corps could help accomplish that; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004 that this body requests the University of Hawaii to create a task force to determine the feasibility of establishing the Aloha Corps by implementing several small pilot projects; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the President and Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Report Title:

Establishment of the Aloha Corps