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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Anneliese Voss of 
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Ambassador Girl Scout Troop 804 on the occasion of winning the 
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Gold Award from the Girl Scouts organization; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Gold Award is the highest recognition that a 
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Girl Scout can obtain; the award is equivalent to the rank of 
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Eagle awarded by the Boy Scouts; to earn a Gold Award, a girl 
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must meet several requirements, including leadership projects, 
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career exploration, meeting challenges to learn about herself 
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and the world around her, earning four interest projects, and 
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the completion of a community service project of over 60 hours; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Inspired by the documentary "An Inconvenient 
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Truth", Anneliese Voss devoted her Gold Award project to 
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obtaining or making canvas shopping bags; the canvas bags would 
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contain a CFL bulb, a reusable water bottle, an educational 
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pamphlet designed by Ms. Voss, and, in many cases, a copy of 
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"An Inconvenient Truth"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Anneliese Voss is currently a senior at St. 
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Ignatius College Prep; she has an intense interest in the 
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environment and what people can do to sustain it; she plans to 
 


 






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attend Rose Hulman University in order to study biomedical 
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engineering; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Anneliese Voss will be presented with her Gold 
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Award at an official presentation at the First Congregational 
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Church of Forest Glen in Chicago on May 4, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The dedication and effort put forward by Anneliese 
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Voss on the behalf of her community serves as an inspiration to 
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the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Anneliese Voss of Ambassador Girl Scout Troop 804 
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on the occasion of winning the Gold Award and wish her 
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continued success and happiness in the future; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Anneliese Voss as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.