Bill Text: IL HR1361 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Carol Johnson on receiving the "2014 Best School Blood Drive Coordinator Award" from the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR1361 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1361-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Carol Johnson on | ||||||
| 4 | receiving the "2014 Best School Blood Drive Coordinator Award" | ||||||
| 5 | from the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In 1997, Carol Johnson began overseeing the | ||||||
| 7 | organization of annual blood drives at Harlem High School in | ||||||
| 8 | Machesney Park; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Because of Carol Johnson's success, the school | ||||||
| 10 | began to hold semi-annual blood drives, with some of the drives | ||||||
| 11 | being 2 days long; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Carol Johnson has been an advocate for "Be the | ||||||
| 13 | Match", the world's largest bone marrow registry, which links | ||||||
| 14 | patients to compatible donors, and encourages her students to | ||||||
| 15 | participate in the registry; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Carol Johnson has embraced new technological | ||||||
| 17 | advancements that make it possible for double red cells to be | ||||||
| 18 | collected at mobile drives; because of her, many students have | ||||||
| 19 | been double red cell donors; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Carol Johnson works to ensure each individual | ||||||
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| 1 | donor is recognized by making seasonal decorations with each | ||||||
| 2 | donor's name on it, which are displayed in the school; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Though Carol Johnson retired in 2008, she has | ||||||
| 4 | continued to organize the school's blood drives and has been | ||||||
| 5 | responsible for the collection of well over 2000 units of blood | ||||||
| 6 | at Harlem High School; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The results of Carol Johnson's efforts will | ||||||
| 8 | continue to be seen for years to come because of the critical | ||||||
| 9 | role school blood drives play in cultivating lifetime donors; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we commend Carol Johnson for her selfless service to her | ||||||
| 14 | community and her strong commitment to her students; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to Carol Johnson as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 18 | esteem.
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