Bill Text: IL SR0233 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares July 10, 2019 as "Team Nora Day" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0233 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0233-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, According to the National Cancer Institute, over | ||||||
| 3 | 15,000 children and adolescents from birth to age 19 will be | ||||||
| 4 | diagnosed with cancer each year; cancer remains the second | ||||||
| 5 | leading cause of death in children and adolescents; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Although survival rates for most childhood | ||||||
| 7 | cancers have improved in recent decades, there is still much | ||||||
| 8 | work to be done; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Last year, at age 16, Nora Leonard was diagnosed | ||||||
| 10 | with Hepatocellular Neoplasm, a common form of liver cancer; | ||||||
| 11 | her parents, Kelly Leonard and Anne Libera, longtime creative | ||||||
| 12 | executives at Second City, created the Twitter hashtag Team | ||||||
| 13 | Nora as a way to send updates about her treatment; it quickly | ||||||
| 14 | took off and found the support of actors, comedians, and | ||||||
| 15 | politicians; from Tina Fey to Hillary Clinton, people across | ||||||
| 16 | the United States and abroad sent selfies and tweets to show | ||||||
| 17 | their support for Team Nora; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Team Nora has become not only a great way to | ||||||
| 19 | support Nora in her fight against Hepatocellular Neoplasm but | ||||||
| 20 | also a way to show children and teenagers across the United | ||||||
| 21 | States that they are not alone in their fight against cancer; | ||||||
| 22 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Team Nora presents a newly-found awareness for | ||||||
| 2 | childhood cancers; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare July 10, | ||||||
| 5 | 2019 Team Nora Day in the State of Illinois to raise awareness | ||||||
| 6 | of childhood cancers and the pressing need for continued | ||||||
| 7 | research and innovative treatment; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That we support the many patients and their | ||||||
| 9 | caregivers, the doctors, nurses, and hospital volunteers who | ||||||
| 10 | help these children; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to Nora Leonard, Kelly Leonard, and Anne Libera as an | ||||||
| 13 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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