Bill Text: IL HR0646 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the members and leaders of the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) in the State of Illinois. Encourages the citizens of Illinois to join in appreciation and celebration of the GSUSA for the organization's work on behalf of girls across the State and the country.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-03 - Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jackie Haas [HR0646 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0646-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is an organization | ||||||
3 | dedicated to helping girls of all backgrounds and abilities | ||||||
4 | discover their full potential, find lifelong friends, develop | ||||||
5 | leadership skills and new talents, and make the world a better | ||||||
6 | place through a wide variety of enriching experiences, | ||||||
7 | including field trips, skill-building sports clinics, | ||||||
8 | community service projects, cultural exchanges, and | ||||||
9 | environmental stewardships; and
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10 | WHEREAS, GSUSA was founded by Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low | ||||||
11 | in Savannah, Georgia on March 16, 1912, when the first Girl | ||||||
12 | Scout troop was established and consisted of 18 girls who all | ||||||
13 | shared a sense of curiosity and a belief that they could do | ||||||
14 | anything; at a time in United States history when women could | ||||||
15 | not yet vote and were expected to adhere to strict social | ||||||
16 | norms, such an organization encouraging girls to embrace their | ||||||
17 | unique strengths and create their own opportunities was | ||||||
18 | game-changing and quickly spread across the country and around | ||||||
19 | the globe; and
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20 | WHEREAS, GSUSA troops are led by troop leaders, a | ||||||
21 | registered Girl Scout adult volunteer who meets regularly with | ||||||
22 | their troop to help members achieve the purposes of the | ||||||
23 | organization, building girls of courage, confidence, and |
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1 | character, and these troops are further led with the | ||||||
2 | assistance of other volunteers, mentors, and alumnae; and
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3 | WHEREAS, GSUSA consists of six membership ranks across | ||||||
4 | various age levels, and these include Daisies for | ||||||
5 | Kindergartners and first graders, Brownies for second and | ||||||
6 | third graders, Juniors for fourth and fifth graders, Cadettes | ||||||
7 | for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, Seniors for ninth and | ||||||
8 | tenth graders, and Ambassadors for eleventh and twelfth | ||||||
9 | graders; and
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10 | WHEREAS, GSUSA members contribute to their local | ||||||
11 | communities through programs and service projects, and | ||||||
12 | countless alumnae have become capable leaders in their | ||||||
13 | respective communities and career fields, such as the arts, | ||||||
14 | education, science and technology, and state and federal | ||||||
15 | governments; and
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16 | WHEREAS, GSUSA continues to promote experiences in the | ||||||
17 | great outdoors while evolving to meet members' needs in this | ||||||
18 | advanced technological age; to do so, the organization has | ||||||
19 | expanded programming to include more STEM subjects, including | ||||||
20 | robotics and space science badges, launched Digital Cookie, | ||||||
21 | through which Girl Scout Cookies were made available for sale | ||||||
22 | online starting in 2014, and partnered with Google for Made | ||||||
23 | with Code, a program encouraging girls to get an early start in |
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1 | computer science; and
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2 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, GSUSA is represented by tens of | ||||||
3 | thousands of girls across the State and led by five regional | ||||||
4 | councils, the Girls Scouts of Central Illinois, the Girls | ||||||
5 | Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, the Girls Scouts | ||||||
6 | of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, the Girls Scouts of | ||||||
7 | Northern Illinois, and the Girls Scouts of Southern Illinois; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, GSUSA will celebrate its 112th birthday on March | ||||||
10 | 12, 2024; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
12 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
13 | we recognize the members and leaders of the Girl Scouts of the | ||||||
14 | USA (GSUSA) in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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