A house RESOLUTION

 

Welcoming Chi Eta Phi Sorority to Columbia, South Carolina, to congratulate them on a successful seventy-first Southeast Regional Conference held March 12-16, 2025, in Hilton Head Island, and to thank the more than four hundred nurses who attended for their service to humanity.

 

Whereas, the Delta Eta Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated hosted more than four hundred nurses at the sorority's seventy-first Southeast Regional Conference, held March 12-16, 2025, in Hilton Head Island; and

 

Whereas, the sorority boasts an international membership of men and women from various cultural and educational backgrounds. Membership is by invitation only and highly coveted. This diverse group has a common goal of "Service for Humanity"; and

 

Whereas, the members are dedicated to achieving that goal through a myriad of programs and activities that increase interest in and elevate the status of the nursing profession. Disease prevention and health promotion, programs that focus on seniors, youths, and young adults, community health outreach, and leadership development skills are among the sorority's areas of concentration; and

 

Whereas, these professional nurses and nursing students have made major contributions to the nursing profession since Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated was founded October 16, 1932, at Freedman's Hospital on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Today, there are more than one hundred chapters in thirty-three states, the District of Columbia, Liberia, and the Virgin Islands; and

 

Whereas, the State of South Carolina was honored to have been chosen as the site for Chi Eta Phi Sorority's seventy-first Southeastern Conference. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, welcome Chi Eta Phi Sorority to Columbia, South Carolina, congratulate them on their seventy-first Southeast Regional Conference held March 12-16, 2025, in Hilton Head Island, and thank the more than four hundred nurses who attended for their service to humanity.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated.

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