HJR 790 Summary

• Commends the Tuscumbia Civitan Club on its 70th anniversary celebration scheduled for June 3, 2010.

• Club was founded June 1, 1940, and maintains approximately 35 active members who meet weekly on Thursdays at the Helen Keller Library.

• Supports numerous community organizations including American Legion Boys State/Girls State, Cerebral Palsy Telethon, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Helen Keller Library, Meals on Wheels, and others.

• Funds community projects through sales of Historical Christmas Ornaments, Helen Keller Festival Spaghetti Supper, Vidalia Onion Sales, Annual Yard Sales, and fruitcake sales; also organizes the Annual Downtown Christmas Parade in Tuscumbia.

• House adopted resolution on April 6, 2010; Senate adopted on April 8, 2010.