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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 Carol Johnson on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of receiving the "2014 Best School Blood Drive | ||||||
| 5 | Coordinator Award" from the Illinois Coalition of Community | ||||||
| 6 | Blood Centers; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, In 1997, Carol Johnson began overseeing the | ||||||
| 8 | organization of annual blood drives at Harlem High School in | ||||||
| 9 | Machesney Park; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Due to Carol Johnson's success, the school began | ||||||
| 11 | to hold semi-annual blood drives, with some of the drives being | ||||||
| 12 | 2 days long; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Carol Johnson has been a huge advocate for "Be the | ||||||
| 14 | Match", encouraging her students to participate in the world's | ||||||
| 15 | largest bone marrow registry, which links patients to | ||||||
| 16 | compatible donors; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Carol Johnson has embraced the advanced | ||||||
| 18 | technology that has allowed for double red cells to be | ||||||
| 19 | collected at mobile drives; because of her, many students have | ||||||
| 20 | been double red donors; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Carol Johnson works to ensure each individual | ||||||
| 2 | donor is recognized by making seasonal decorations with each | ||||||
| 3 | donor's name on it, which are displayed in the school; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Following Carol Johnson's retirement in 2008, she | ||||||
| 5 | continued to organize the school's blood drives and has been | ||||||
| 6 | responsible for the collection of well over 2,000 units of | ||||||
| 7 | blood at Harlem High School; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, The results of Carol's efforts will continue to be | ||||||
| 9 | seen for years to come because of the critical role school | ||||||
| 10 | blood drives play in cultivating lifetime donors; therefore, be | ||||||
| 11 | it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we commend Carol Johnson for her selfless service to her | ||||||
| 15 | community and her strong commitment to her students; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to Carol Johnson as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 19 | esteem.
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