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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Kathleen | ||||||
| 4 | Heinrich's fifth grade class at Eagle Pointe Elementary in | ||||||
| 5 | Plainfield for their hard work in implementing the school's | ||||||
| 6 | healthy foods initiative; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The class was inspired by the Time for Kids news | ||||||
| 8 | article: "A Fresh Look at Lunch" to create a menu of healthy | ||||||
| 9 | school lunch ideas; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dr. Heinrich's fifth grade class took an active | ||||||
| 11 | role in State government by inviting Representative Tom Cross | ||||||
| 12 | to discuss their ideas to promote healthier school lunch | ||||||
| 13 | programs; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, On January 21, 2010, Representative Tom Cross | ||||||
| 15 | visited Eagle Pointe Elementary School, where students | ||||||
| 16 | presented their healthy foods initiative and explained the | ||||||
| 17 | reasons for eating the right foods; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, The fifth grade class further revealed that most | ||||||
| 19 | schools prepare fewer than half of their main courses from | ||||||
| 20 | scratch, and outlined ideas on how schools could start | ||||||
| 21 | preparing lunches from locally grown natural ingredients, | ||||||
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| 1 | instead of packaged foods; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The class's ideas emphasized purchasing fresh | ||||||
| 3 | food from local farms to not only help kids practice healthier | ||||||
| 4 | choices, but to also connect schools with communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Eagle Pointe Elementary School has included Dr. | ||||||
| 6 | Heinrich's fifth grade class's healthy food choices into its | ||||||
| 7 | school lunch menu; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Heinrich's fifth grade class serves as a model | ||||||
| 9 | to other schools to promote healthy food choices in school | ||||||
| 10 | menus; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
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| 13 | congratulate Dr. Kathleen Heinrich's fifth grade class at Eagle | ||||||
| 14 | Pointe Elementary in Plainfield for all of their hard work and | ||||||
| 15 | dedication to promoting awareness about how important it is to | ||||||
| 16 | have healthy school lunches in Illinois; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to Dr. Kathleen Heinrich's fifth grade class members | ||||||
| 19 | as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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