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title: HR 2119. Pilgrim, Vicki; outstanding service and contributions to the Georgia Golden Olympics and the National Senior Games Association; commend
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cite_as: HR 2119, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.)
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date: 2026-04-02
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bill_number: HR 2119
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
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chamber: House
bill_type: resolution
status_date: 2026-04-02
last_action: House Read and Adopted
sponsors:
  - Sylvia Baker
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  - commemorative resolution
  - senior games
  - public health
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# HR 2119. Pilgrim, Vicki; outstanding service and contributions to the Georgia Golden Olympics and the National Senior Games Association; commend

## Text

House Resolution 2119
By: Representative Baker of the 64th
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing and commending Vicki Pilgrim for her outstanding service and contributions
to the Georgia Golden Olympics and the National Senior Games Association; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS, Vicki Pilgrim has devoted more than four decades of distinguished service to
the promotion of health, wellness, and active aging through her leadership in the Georgia
Golden Olympics and her work with the National Senior Games Association; and
WHEREAS, she has served the Georgia Golden Games since its inception in 1980, playing
a foundational role in building and sustaining a program that has positively impacted
thousands of older adults across the state; and
WHEREAS, for over 40 years, she has been instrumental in expanding opportunities for
older adults across Georgia to remain active, engaged, and connected through athletic
competition and community participation; and
WHEREAS, she has provided national leadership through her service on the National Senior
Games Association Board of Directors from 1996 through 2003 and again from 2016 through
2021, including serving as Secretary from 1999 through 2002 and as Southeast Regional
Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, during the 30th anniversary of the National Senior Games Association,
she was selected as one of the "30 Champions of the Games," an honor recognizing
individuals who made outstanding contributions to the creation, promotion, and growth of
the Senior Games Movement; and
WHEREAS, her professional career spanned 35 years in public health, including her role as
Section Director for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion with the Georgia
Department of Public Health, where she advanced initiatives that improved the health and
well-being of citizens across this state; and
WHEREAS, her dedication to parks, recreation, and community service is further
demonstrated through her extensive involvement with the Georgia Recreation and Park
Association, where she has served on the Board of Directors and as Chair of both the
Therapeutic Recreation Section and the Senior Adult Section; and
WHEREAS, her exemplary service has been recognized with numerous honors, including
the National Senior Games Association Harris Frank Distinguished Service Award (2015),
multiple Georgia Recreation and Park Association awards—including Therapeutic
Recreation Professional, Presidential Citation, and Senior Adult Professional of the
Year—and induction into the GRPA Hall of Fame in 2012, as well as the University of
Georgia Department of Recreation and Leisure Services Distinguished Alumni Award in
1991; and
WHEREAS, Vicki Pilgrim's passion, vision, and unwavering commitment have touched
countless lives, fostering a sense of community, purpose, and joy among participants across
generations; and
WHEREAS, her work stands as a model of public service, demonstrating the profound
impact one individual can have in strengthening communities and uplifting others.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that
the members of this body recognize and commend Vicki Pilgrim for her extraordinary
contributions and extend their deepest appreciation for her years of dedicated service to the
people of Georgia.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Vicki
Pilgrim.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House resolution formally commends Vicki Pilgrim for more than four decades of service to the Georgia Golden Olympics and the National Senior Games Association.

### Plain-language summary

This is a commemorative resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It honors Vicki Pilgrim for her decades of work promoting health and active aging among older Georgians through the Georgia Golden Olympics, which she has served since its founding in 1980.

The resolution recounts her leadership roles, including national service on the National Senior Games Association Board of Directors, her 35-year public health career with the Georgia Department of Public Health, and her involvement with the Georgia Recreation and Park Association. It also lists honors she has received. The House resolves to recognize and commend her, and directs the Clerk of the House to provide her a copy of the resolution.

### What it does

- Formally recognizes and commends Vicki Pilgrim for over 40 years of service to the Georgia Golden Olympics and the National Senior Games Association.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Vicki Pilgrim.
- Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a ceremonial statement by the House.

### Who it affects

The resolution directly names and honors Vicki Pilgrim. It has no regulatory or financial effect on other Georgians, though it touches organizations she worked with, including the Georgia Golden Olympics, the National Senior Games Association, the Georgia Department of Public Health, and the Georgia Recreation and Park Association.

### Why it matters

The resolution has no legal or financial effect and changes no Georgia law. Its significance is symbolic: it is an official public statement by the Georgia House recognizing an individual's decades of community and public health service.

### Key provisions

- The resolved clause has the House of Representatives recognize and commend Vicki Pilgrim for her contributions and years of service.
- A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to Pilgrim.
- The whereas clauses detail her history, including service to the Georgia Golden Games since 1980 and two terms on the National Senior Games Association Board of Directors.

## Status

- Status: Passed (2026-04-02)
- Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-04-02)
- Sponsors: Sylvia Baker
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74730

> The history, votes, and amendments (134 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2119.md?full=1