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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Kelsey Coleman, an esteemed resident of
3 Bloomingdale and a junior at Lake Park High School in Roselle,
4 has achieved national recognition for exemplary volunteer
5 service by receiving a 2008 Prudential Spirit of Community
6 Award; and
 
7     WHEREAS, This prestigious award, presented by Prudential
8 Financial in partnership with the National Association of
9 Secondary School Principals, honors young volunteers across
10 America who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to
11 serving their communities; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Kelsey Coleman earned this award by creating a
13 peer tutoring/interaction program that recruits high school
14 volunteers to tutor and spend time with special-needs students;
15 Kelsey developed her program, Students Teaching and Reaching
16 Students (STARS), when she was in middle school, and has
17 overseen its successful introduction and expansion at her high
18 school; and
 
19     WHEREAS, The success of the State of Illinois, the strength
20 of our communities, and the overall vitality of American
21 society depend, in great measure, upon the dedication of young
22 people like Kelsey Coleman who use their considerable talents

 

 

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1 and resources to serve others; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate Kelsey Coleman on being a recipient of a 2008
5 Prudential Spirit of Community Award, recognizing her
6 outstanding record of volunteer service, peer leadership, and
7 community spirit, and extend our best wishes for her continued
8 success and happiness; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Kelsey Coleman as a symbol of our esteem.