Bill Text: IL HR1007 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Laura Lake on being selected as Miss Northern Suburbs and recognizes her platform on food insecurity.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-21 - Resolution Adopted [HR1007 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1007-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 honor Laura Lake on being | ||||||
| 4 | selected as Miss Northern Suburbs and recognize her platform on | ||||||
| 5 | food insecurity; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Laura Lake hopes her platform will bring attention | ||||||
| 7 | to the fact that one in 6 Americans, and one in 8 people | ||||||
| 8 | internationally, suffer from malnutrition, and these numbers | ||||||
| 9 | continue to rise - yet Americans waste over 33,000,000,000 tons | ||||||
| 10 | of food each year; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, As Miss Northern Suburb, Laura Lake has | ||||||
| 12 | volunteered for several food banks, served weekly dinners for | ||||||
| 13 | the hungry, become a member of the Northern Illinois Food Bank | ||||||
| 14 | Young Professionals Board, created a social media campaign | ||||||
| 15 | called "Take the Pledge", attended hunger walks, begun creating | ||||||
| 16 | a food drive event, and worked with the Feeding America | ||||||
| 17 | corporate office in Chicago; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, As Miss Northern Suburb, Laura Lake has given many | ||||||
| 19 | appearances that have included supporting veterans, speeches | ||||||
| 20 | to 200 people, packing meat at the Northern Illinois Food Bank, | ||||||
| 21 | serving breakfast to Ronald McDonald House guests, and much | ||||||
| 22 | more; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Laura Lake first began working to end hunger when | ||||||
| 2 | she was in junior high school; every Friday night for 2 years | ||||||
| 3 | she volunteered at a local church dinner for the hungry; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Laura Lake originally hails from Marshfield, | ||||||
| 5 | Wisconsin; she graduated high school in 2010 and from Winona | ||||||
| 6 | State University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Public | ||||||
| 7 | Administration; she relocated to Lombard in 2013 and now | ||||||
| 8 | attends Northern Illinois University and currently works for | ||||||
| 9 | the Village of Morton Grove; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we honor Laura Lake on being selected as Miss Northern Suburbs | ||||||
| 13 | and recognize her platform on food insecurity; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to Laura Lake as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 17 | respect.
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