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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Hundreds of volunteers throughout the Bureau, |
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| Putnam, and LaSalle County portions of the Illinois Valley have |
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| done a tremendous job of organizing and completing Project |
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| Santa Adopt-A-Soldier; and
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| WHEREAS, Project Santa has delivered 11,576 stockings to |
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| U.S. soldiers; U.S. Army moms Kathy Cattani of Ladd and Heidi |
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| Milner are the main leaders of Project Santa; and
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| WHEREAS, Sue Frund, Colleen DeArcos, Deb Abney, and Gail |
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| Sims are key volunteers in Project Santa; and
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| WHEREAS, Boxes and boxes of stockings stuffed with holiday |
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| treats from Project Santa have and are arriving on a daily |
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| basis in such faraway places as Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, |
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| Germany, and other areas; in addition to the stockings going to |
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| the soldiers on current duty in Iraq, stockings are also going |
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| to wounded soldiers at military medical facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The community's generosity has allowed Project |
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| Santa to reach many more soldiers than originally thought |
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| possible; and
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| WHEREAS, Another organization that has been instrumental |
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| in helping with the Project Santa efforts is "Soldiers' |
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| Angels"; at its web site, individuals or groups can adopt a |
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| soldier by offering letters and packages from home to |
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| individuals who would not otherwise receive any communication |
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| from anyone; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we commend Project Santa Adopt-A-Soldier on its Christmas |
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| outreach efforts to our American soldiers, and we are thankful |