HJR194 Summary

• Commends Delaney Zimlich for her leadership and service to the youth of Mobile County and her community despite facing significant personal challenges.

• Recognizes her extensive volunteer work including captaining Alabama Coastal Cleanup zones, serving in Girl Scouts and 4H, building and maintaining a Little Free Library at Fowl River Community House, and sewing pillowcases for hospital patients through the nonprofit Krewe of Kindness.

• Acknowledges her advocacy for accessibility in youth programs and her volunteer work with the Red Shoe Krewe at Ronald McDonald House, Richards-DAR home, and hospital teen advisory council, despite being born with Spina Bifida.

• Notes her persistence in pursuing the Mobile Belle Leadership program after an initial rejection and completing her education through homeschooling and the ACCESS virtual learning program.

• Passed by the House on April 18, 2024 and adopted by the Senate on April 18, 2024.