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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Give Kids A Smile is a national campaign, |
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| sponsored by the American
Dental Association, to deliver free |
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| oral health education, screening, and
treatment services to |
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| children who would not otherwise receive dental care;
and
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| WHEREAS, On Give Kids A Smile Day, Friday, February 6, |
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| 2004, hundreds of
thousands of children at more than 4,000 |
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| sites across
the country will receive free education, |
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| screening, and treatment services; and
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| WHEREAS, Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, |
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| lay volunteers,
dental societies, and
dental school students |
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| and faculties will be working together on that day to
help |
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| children from low-income families who otherwise would not |
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| receive dental
care; and
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| WHEREAS, While helping children is incredibly important to |
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| Give Kids A Smile
Day, it is equally important to note the |
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| extent of untreated dental disease
among too many of the |
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| nation's children and foster meaningful progress toward
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| long-term solutions to dental access problems; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| recognize the importance of dental treatment to low-income |
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| children and support the efforts of the American Dental |
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| Association's Give Kids A Smile Campaign; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we name Friday, February 6, 2004 as Give |
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| Kids A Smile Day in
the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the
American Dental Association with our best |
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| wishes for the success of the Give
Kids A Smile Day in 2004.
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