Bill Text: IL HR1230 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Senior Master Sergeant Rebecca Gable for receiving the "2012 Most Innovative Blood Drive Coordinator Award" from the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR1230 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1230-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 congratulate Senior Master | ||||||
4 | Sergeant Rebecca Gabel for receiving the "2012 Most Innovative | ||||||
5 | Blood Drive Coordinator Award" from the Illinois Coalition of | ||||||
6 | Community Blood Centers;
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7 | WHEREAS, SMSgt Rebecca Gabel embarked on the organization | ||||||
8 | of blood drives at Scott Air Force Base (SAFB) in June 2011; | ||||||
9 | and
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10 | WHEREAS, SMSgt Gabel has since coordinated 15 successful | ||||||
11 | consecutive blood drives on the last Thursday of every month; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Setting up blood drives on military bases can be | ||||||
14 | very challenging and requires coordination of various | ||||||
15 | departments due to security access that must be coordinated | ||||||
16 | beforehand; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The coordination of donors and other volunteers | ||||||
18 | for SAFB blood drives can also be difficult because service men | ||||||
19 | and women can be reassigned or deployed with little notice; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Prior to the drive, SMSgt Gabel would reach out to |
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1 | the entire base to enlist donors and others to help with the | ||||||
2 | logistics; and
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3 | WHEREAS, To make it more convenient and reach more donors, | ||||||
4 | SMSgt Gabel would make sure the location of the donor bus | ||||||
5 | changes for each drive between 1 of 5 sites throughout the | ||||||
6 | base; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Under SMSgt Gabel leadership, nearly 500 units of | ||||||
8 | blood have been collected in just 15 months; and
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9 | WHEREAS, A single unit of blood can save up to 3 lives; and
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10 | WHEREAS, In April 2012, SMSgt Gabel pushed successfully for | ||||||
11 | a motion which adopted the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood | ||||||
12 | Center's blood drives as one of the major projects of the Air | ||||||
13 | Force Sergeants Association (AFSA); this ensures that in | ||||||
14 | Rebecca's absence the drives will continue through AFSA; and
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15 | WHEREAS, In June 2012, the Mississippi Valley Regional | ||||||
16 | Blood Center nominated SMSgt Gabel as the "Most Innovative | ||||||
17 | Blood Drive Coordinator" in a state-wide competition hosted by | ||||||
18 | the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers; therefore, | ||||||
19 | be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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1 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
2 | we commend SMSgt Gabel for her selfless service to her | ||||||
3 | community and her strong dedication to insuring blood drives | ||||||
4 | will remain a priority at SAFB for years to come; and be it | ||||||
5 | further
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6 | RESOLVED, that we commend all the service men and women of | ||||||
7 | Scott Air Force Base for their commitment and sacrifice to our | ||||||
8 | nation; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to SMSgt Gabel as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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