2025 SESSION

ENROLLED

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 650

Commending Elizabeth S. Green.

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 17, 2025

WHEREAS, Elizabeth S. Green has served the Suffolk community through her lifetime commitment to educating children and created the nonprofit organization Kidz Write For Kidz, Inc., to help young people enhance their reading and writing skills; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Green is passionate about lifelong learning and worked in Norfolk Public Schools for more than 20 years as a teacher, instructional specialist, and gifted resource specialist; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Green created Kidz Write For Kidz, Inc., to further develop children's reading, writing, and communication skills, through instruction, storytelling, and opportunities to write their own books; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Green is herself an author with several published works, and her vision is to empower as many children as possible by enhancing their literacy skills and helping them gain self-confidence by creating and sharing their own literary works; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Green has also promoted literacy in the community through her “Driveway Lit” program, which involves reading books on her driveway and back porch to children in her neighborhood; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Green has also served in various leadership roles throughout her community, including as a chaplain, grief counselor, women's mentor, health advocate, program facilitator, and reading advisor; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Elizabeth S. Green hereby be commended for her contributions to young people as a teacher and as the founder of Kidz Write for Kidz, Inc.; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Elizabeth S. Green as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for her inspirational achievements.