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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Homewood-Flossmoor High School was the first
3 school in the State of Illinois to sponsor their own
4 Operation Snowball, a program to help teens develop
5 leadership skills as well as cope with the numerous problems
6 affecting teens in our society; and
7 WHEREAS, Homewood-Flossmor High School has sponsored an
8 Operation Snowball every year since 1981, positively
9 influencing the lives of over 2000 students; and
10 WHEREAS, Homewood-Flossmor High School has been a model
11 and a source of information for other schools in Illinois, as
12 well as Indiana, that have created their own Operation
13 Snowball programs; and
14 WHEREAS, Homewood-Flossmor High School has provided
15 formal training sessions to both teens and adults at other
16 schools enabling them to effectively and efficiently run
17 their own Operation Snowball programs; and
18 WHEREAS, Homewood-Flossmor High School has worked closely
19 with elementary school districts feeding into the high
20 school, helping them create Operation Snowflake, a program
21 with similar goals to those of Operation Snowball, and has
22 provided both adults and teens to staff the Snowflake
23 programs; and
24 WHEREAS, Homewood-Flossmor High School has created the
25 concept of a support staff for Operation Snowball, whereby
26 graduates of the high school return for a four day retreat to
27 provide assistance where necessary and serve as role models
28 for the high school participants; and
29 WHEREAS, Through the caring and sharing philosophy
30 reflected in Operation Snowball thousands of students have
31 received the information necessary to make positive choices
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1 in their lives and to cope with the numerous problems facing
2 adolescents and teens in our society; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we recognize Homewood-Flossmor High School and the staff of
6 Operation Snowball for its service and positive influence on
7 the students in the community and encourages Operation
8 Snowball to continue their service to the community; and be
9 it further
10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the staff of Operation Snowball and the
12 Principal of Homewood-Flossmor High School.