SENATE RESOLUTION

8653

BySenators King, Brown, and Wagoner

WHEREAS, The Perfect Attendance Creates Excellence program began with the Bud Clary Toyota dealership located in Yakima, Washington, and has expanded to dealership locations in Longview and Moses Lake; and

WHEREAS, Yakima Valley currently has 19 elementary schools participating; and

WHEREAS, Yakima Valley currently has approximately 15,000 kindergarten through fifth grade students participating; and

WHEREAS, Bud Clary donated approximately 650 bicycles to elementary school students in 2018; and

WHEREAS, The Perfect Attendance Creates Excellence program is for elementary schools; and

WHEREAS, Students who complete a school year without leaving school early, being tardy to school, or missing any school days, receive a Perfect Attendance Creates Excellence program certificate; and

WHEREAS, Students with perfect attendance receive a new bicycle and helmet donated by Bud Clary and others; and

WHEREAS, The Perfect Attendance Creates Excellence program donated a total of approximately 850 bicycles to elementary school students in approximately 50 schools in 2018; and

WHEREAS, The Perfect Attendance Creates Excellence program has donated more than 4,000 new bicycles and helmets to elementary school students since the program started in 2012;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate remember and honor the Perfect Attendance Creates Excellence program, founded by Bud Clary, and its dedication to encouraging excellent school attendance in elementary school students in Yakima, Longview, and Moses Lake, Washington.

I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 8653,

adopted by the Senate

April 23, 2019

BRAD HENDRICKSON

Secretary of the Senate