South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018
H. 4051
STATUS INFORMATION
House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Pope, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brown, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McKnight, Mitchell, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Murphy, B.Newton, W.Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, M.Rivers, S.Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Weeks, West, Wheeler, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow
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Introduced in the House on March 28, 2017
Adopted by the House on March 28, 2017
Summary: Robert Francis Smith
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
DateBodyAction Description with journal page number
3/28/2017HouseIntroduced and adopted (House Journalpage6)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
3/28/2017
AHOUSE RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR ROBERT FRANCIS SMITH, FOUNDER OF THE LITTLE GREEN APPLES PROJECT, FOR HIS MANY REMARKABLEACHIEVEMENTS.
Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives should pause in their deliberations to commend Robert Francis Smith for all the many good works to which he has dedicated his life; and
Whereas, despite Robert Smith’s disability of total blindness,he is an example and inspiration to so manyfor his intentionalacts of kindness, his love for baseball, and his continued achievementswhich defy his disability; and
Whereas, hespent countless hourslearning how to pitch and throw a baseball so he could share his talents on Major and MinorLeague baseball fields across the country and throughout the great State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, in events throughout South Carolina and thenation, Mr. Smithdemonstrates his patriotic commitment by singing America’s favorite love song, our national anthem; and
Whereas, as an entrepreneur, hecreated a game called Toss to Target Game Towel, to inspire others who face daily challenges and disabilities thatanything is possible through hard work and imagination; and
Whereas, Robert Smith’s father, O.C. Smith, died on November 23, 2001, and was posthumously elected to the Carolina Beach Music Awards (CBMA) Hall of Fame and was honored by Governor Jim Hodges, who declared June 21, 2002, as “O. C. Smith Day” in South Carolina. His father also wrote a book, Little Green Apples: God Really Did Make Them, with James Shaw that was published after his death; and
Whereas, Robert Smith founded the Little Green Apples Project to encourage others to do intentional acts of kindness for people from all walks of life; and
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives salutes the efforts of Robert Smith to inspire and motivate both people with and people without disabling challenges to reach for their dreams, and the members applaud his quest for making intentional acts of kindness a reality for countless others and ask all our citizens to join him in doing the same. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Robert Francis Smith, founder of the Little Green Apples Project, for his many remarkableachievements.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented toRobert Francis Smith.
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