Bill Text: IL HR0849 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares April 21, 2012, as LifeLine Pilots Appreciation Day in the State of Illinois.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-19 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes [HR0849 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HR0849-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is home to a multitude of
charitable groups that perform daily acts of generosity; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has learned
of the works of Central Illinois based LifeLine Pilots and the
occasion of their 30th anniversary; and
WHEREAS, It is important to take notice and recognize the
decades of volunteer flights for families in need of
transportation to life saving medical treatments and the
ferrying of supplies to scenes of natural disaster in locales
like Joplin, New Orleans, and Haiti; and
WHEREAS, The efforts of LifeLine Pilots grew from a handful
of aviators to a corp of more than 900 pilots, with 550 active
today; and
WHEREAS, Volunteers have flown more than 7,000 missions to
41 states, logged over 1.7 million miles, a distance equal to
more than 3 round trips to the moon; and
WHEREAS, All of the journeys have been provided at no
charge, giving thousands of families needed relief from
financial hardship; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we declare April 21, 2012 as LifeLine Pilots Appreciation Day
in the State of Illinois; we salute the hard works of the
LifeLine Pilot volunteers; and we offer our thanks and
appreciation for making Illinois a better place to live through
their efforts; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to LifeLine Pilots as a symbol of our respect and
esteem.