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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Joseph Kessler of |
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| Danville on being named the Illinois National Guard's Youth of |
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| the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Kessler is a freshman at Danville High |
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| School; in the past year, he logged more than 2,000 hours |
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| volunteering in various ways to assist families whose loved |
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| ones have been deployed through the military or are preparing |
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| for deployment; and
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| WHEREAS, In his efforts to assist the families, Joseph has |
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| been found carrying groceries, babysitting, and doing various |
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| other odd jobs; he has been doing this kind of volunteer work |
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| for the past 4 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph comes from a military family; his father |
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| has been deployed 7 times since Joseph was 18 months old, most |
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| recently to Operation Desert Storm, so Joseph can relate to the |
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| families that he helps; and
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| WHEREAS, His mother, Anne Kessler, works for Military |
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| Personnel Services Corp., a private company that contracts with |
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| the military to provide support services to families with |
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| relatives in the military, which provided the initial |
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| inspiration for Joseph to begin his volunteer efforts; |
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| 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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| congratulate Joseph Kessler of Danville on being named the |
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| Illinois National Guard's Youth of the Year, and we thank him |
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| for his unselfish efforts to help his fellow citizens of |
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| Illinois; and be it further
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