2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25100139D

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 470

Offered January 13, 2025

Prefiled January 13, 2025

Commending Doris B. Land.

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Patron—Glass

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WHEREAS, Doris B. Land was inspired by her deep faith and passion for lifelong learning to establish a Christian school in Hampton Roads and founded Greenhill Farms Christian Academy in Norfolk on November 1, 1983; and

WHEREAS, under the leadership of Doris Land, Greenhill Farms Christian Academy provided young people with a high quality education and spiritual guidance in a nurturing environment to ensure that they developed a high intellect, along with a sense of integrity, independence, and self-direction; and

WHEREAS, Doris Land served as an administer at Greenhill Farms Christian Academy for more than 32 years, leading and inspiring numerous dedicated faculty and staff members and touching the lives of more than 16,300 students during that period; and

WHEREAS, Doris Land helped foster a passion for service and a commitment to excellence in future generations of community and business leaders in the region; and

WHEREAS, while Greenhill Farms Christian Academy closed its doors in 2015, Doris Land's legacy lives on through the students she inspired and the colleagues she mentored, many of whom continue to make a positive difference in the Norfolk community and beyond; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Doris B. Land hereby be commended for her legacy of service as the founder and a longtime administrator of Greenhill Farms Christian Academy; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Doris B. Land as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for her passion for education and more than three decades of contributions to young people in Norfolk.