SJR50 Summary

• Commends Sydney Culverhouse of Opp, Alabama, for receiving a 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award as a Distinguished Finalist.

• Recognizes that Sydney, a freshman at Opp High School, raised more than $25,000 over five years by designing and selling custom T-shirts to support causes including Birmingham Children's Hospital, Children's Miracle Network, and the Colon Cancer Coalition.

• Notes that Sydney initiated a clothing drive providing clean shirts to victims of the 2011 Alabama tornadoes and plans to continue fundraising shirt sales in the future.

• Expresses the legislature's belief that young people like Sydney, who dedicate their talents and resources to serving others, are essential to the success and vitality of Alabama and American society.

• Resolution was adopted by the Senate on March 8, 2016, and by the House on March 10, 2016.