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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, George Kutsunis, a long-time Geneseo retailer, |
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| and his wife, Linda, saying they have been blessed to have |
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| lived and worked in Geneseo all their lives, have given $1 |
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| million in grant money to the Geneseo community; the Kutsunis |
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| family has lived in Geneseo since the early 1900s, when |
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| George's dad opened a shoe repair shop at what is now Tim's |
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| Barber Shop on North State Street; and
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| WHEREAS, The endowment fund will come out of the newly |
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| formed Kutsunis Family Foundation and be used to seed a college |
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| scholarship targeting students who show great potential, but |
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| have a harder time earning scholarships; revenue from the |
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| investment of the seed money will be split between the |
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| scholarship program and local capital improvement projects |
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| through the Geneseo Is For Tomorrow (GIFT) Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, The scholarship program will be unique, in that it |
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| targets "B" and "C" students for assistance to help make their |
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| college education a reality; designing the scholarship program |
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| to impact students with average grades was important to the |
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| Kutsunis family because high school graduates are at a |
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| crossroads; with just a little nudge, those "crossroads" |
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| students are often able to go on to accomplish great things for |
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| themselves and their community; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout his 42 years in business, George |
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| Kutsunis has had wonderful success with GWK Enterprises, his |
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| group of women's specialty shops based in Geneseo; he has |
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| always given back in various ways, including donations to |
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| schools, the library, the hospital, and whenever there was a |
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| need; his businesses have been honored numerous times in the |
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| past for his years of dedication to the business environment |
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| and quality of life in Geneseo; with this gift, the Kutsunis |
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| family continues their commitment to community service and |
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