A senate RESOLUTION

 

TO HONOR THE GREER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND TO RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY 11, 2025, AS "LEADERSHIP GREER DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

 

Whereas, the Greer Chamber of Commerce consists of over four hundred fifty members. These members include large and small businesses, as well as governmental and nonprofit organizations, and employ more than fifty thousand people throughout the Greater Greer region; and

 

Whereas, the Greer Chamber created Leadership Greer in 1978, which was established to identify and select highly motivated leaders, provide leadership training and development, and develop and identify business-to-business working groups; and

 

Whereas, in 1989, Leadership Greer established the Junior Leadership Greer Program to stimulate and develop leadership skills among junior and sophomore students from Blue Ridge High School, Byrnes High School, Eastside High School, Greer High School, Greer Middle College Charter High School, and Riverside High School; and

 

Whereas, Leadership Greer and its more than one thousand alumni have responded to the needs of the community and the dynamics of social and economic change for the past forty-four years and have raised over seven hundred thousand dollars in donations.  Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the Senate:

 

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, honor the Greer Chamber of Commerce and recognize February 11, 2025, as "Leadership Greer Day" in South Carolina.

 

Be it further resolved that the copy of this resolution be presented to Leadership Greer and the Greer Chamber of Commerce.

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