A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE RICHARD, TANYA, AND PIERCE CURREN OF PICKENS COUNTY FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE WHOLESOME EDUCATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S YOUTH. Whereas, in 2009, Richard and Tanya Curren founded Boundless Limits International as a nonprofit organization. Through this federally recognized business, Scaly Adventures has become an international, educational, and informational TV series broadcast across six continents and reaching over an estimated two billion homes worldwide. The Currens having created the show with no previous experience, funding, or outside support, were driven by a passion to construct a more positive viewing option for children; and Whereas, since its inception, Scaly Adventures has tackled such topics as antibullying, antidrugs, the importance of staying in school, and suicide prevention. Working with members of law enforcement, a rock band, and other influential leaders in the community, episodes have been dedicated to fallen law enforcement officers, space shuttle astronauts, the first responders who fought the Pinnacle Mountain wildfires, and the founder of the Edisto Island Serpentarium as a way of demonstrating and profiling people who have had a positive impact; and Whereas, all episodes of Scaly Adventures are cowritten by Tanya, who is a nationally board certified and former South Carolina classroom educator. Each episode meets the stringent requirements necessary to be recognized by the FCC. Together, the Currens have created over three hundred fifty educational videos that are distributed as a free resource to schools and parents through the official Scaly Adventures YouTube channel; and
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE RICHARD, TANYA, AND PIERCE CURREN OF PICKENS COUNTY FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE WHOLESOME EDUCATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S YOUTH. Whereas, in 2009, Richard and Tanya Curren founded Boundless Limits International as a nonprofit organization. Through this federally recognized business, Scaly Adventures has become an international, educational, and informational TV series broadcast across six continents and reaching over an estimated two billion homes worldwide. The Currens having created the show with no previous experience, funding, or outside support, were driven by a passion to construct a more positive viewing option for children; and Whereas, since its inception, Scaly Adventures has tackled such topics as antibullying, antidrugs, the importance of staying in school, and suicide prevention. Working with members of law enforcement, a rock band, and other influential leaders in the community, episodes have been dedicated to fallen law enforcement officers, space shuttle astronauts, the first responders who fought the Pinnacle Mountain wildfires, and the founder of the Edisto Island Serpentarium as a way of demonstrating and profiling people who have had a positive impact; and Whereas, all episodes of Scaly Adventures are cowritten by Tanya, who is a nationally board certified and former South Carolina classroom educator. Each episode meets the stringent requirements necessary to be recognized by the FCC. Together, the Currens have created over three hundred fifty educational videos that are distributed as a free resource to schools and parents through the official Scaly Adventures YouTube channel; and