Bill Text: IL HR0210 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends Glennita Williams for her work with America's Guardian Angels.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0210 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0210-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to commend Glennita A. Williams and | ||||||
| 4 | her work with America's Guardian Angels; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, After her friend's father was deployed to Al | ||||||
| 6 | Kasik, Iraq in 2007, Glennita began working on America's | ||||||
| 7 | Guardian Angels; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, While Major Michael Striverson was in Iraq, | ||||||
| 9 | Glennita emailed him as to what he would like to have while | ||||||
| 10 | stationed overseas and he replied he was craving Hostess | ||||||
| 11 | Twinkies; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Glennita
realized that Major Striverson was | ||||||
| 13 | probably not the only soldier craving something sweet so she | ||||||
| 14 | decided to ask her 5th grade teacher and classmates at McKinley | ||||||
| 15 | School in South Holland to help her send Major Striverson and | ||||||
| 16 | his troops some Hostess products, and named the project | ||||||
| 17 | "Operation Twinkie"; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, In 10 days Glennita and her classmates collected | ||||||
| 19 | and shipped more than 1,000 products for the soldiers in Iraq; | ||||||
| 20 | in the 6th grade, Glennita expanded her project from the | ||||||
| 21 | classroom to the entire school and asked for care items for the | ||||||
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| 1 | veterans at Edward Hines VA Hospital; hundreds of items were | ||||||
| 2 | collected and more than 160 care packets were made; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Glennita arranged for the school choir to | ||||||
| 4 | accompany her in passing out the packets and singing songs to | ||||||
| 5 | the veterans; the visit inspired Glennita to show her | ||||||
| 6 | appreciation towards the men and women in the military and one | ||||||
| 7 | month later she was responsible for the collection of more than | ||||||
| 8 | 3,000 Twinkies, along with Starbucks coffee, being shipped to | ||||||
| 9 | Afghanistan and Iraq; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Glennita desired to do more for the soldiers, so | ||||||
| 11 | she asked her community for assistance; now, with help from | ||||||
| 12 | South Holland Mayor Don De Graff and his staff, 19 different | ||||||
| 13 | care items, along with Twinkies, are being collected throughout | ||||||
| 14 | the community; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, What started out as a onetime project from the | ||||||
| 16 | heart of a child has become a mission; Glennita A. Williams is | ||||||
| 17 | now the Founder and President of America's Guardian Angels, a | ||||||
| 18 | foundation that is committed to the men and women serving this | ||||||
| 19 | country; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 22 | we commend Glennita Williams for her hard work and dedication | ||||||
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| 1 | to giving back to the men and women of the military; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to Glennita Williams as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 5 | esteem.
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