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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 Janice Guzon of |
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| Hoffman Estates for winning the 2010 Prudential Spirit of |
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| Community Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Janice Guzon is a 16-year old senior at St. Viator |
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| High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Janice Guzon won the 2010 Prudential Spirit of |
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| Community Award for her efforts with a charitable organization |
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| that she founded out of her high school, EYEsee, which is |
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| devoted to helping improve access to eyeglasses in |
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| less-developed countries by collecting eyeglasses in North |
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| America and delivering them to places where they are needed, |
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| such as Latin America and Asia; and
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| WHEREAS, With the help of such partners as EyeCare WeCare |
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| Foundation, Inc., Physicians for Peace, and Canvasback |
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| Missions, Inc., EYEsee has helped 7,000 people receive |
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| eyeglasses in Haiti, Honduras, the Philippines, Venezuela, |
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| Congo, and several Pacific Island nations; the organization has |
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| also set an ambitious goal to collect 14,000 pairs of |
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| eyeglasses and deliver them overseas in 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Janice Guzon was inspired to found EYEsee after |
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| she was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at a young age; after |
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| learning that blurred vision and other eyesight problems are |
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| common side effects of diabetes, she was inspired to help |
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| improve access to quality eye care to residents of countries |
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| that did not have proper access to eye care and where a pair of |
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| glasses would be prohibitively expensive to most people; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to her efforts with EYEsee, Janice |
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| Guzon is also active in other activities in her community; she |
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| was the recipient of a regional award from the Coca-Cola |
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| Scholars Program and is under consideration for a national |
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| award as well; she serves as a Youth Board Advisor for the |
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| Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint venture between |
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| the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association that |
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| focuses on solving the epidemic of childhood obesity in the |
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| United States; she also serves as the editor-in-chief for the |
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| St. Viator High School newspaper, the Viator Voice; and
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| WHEREAS, Janice Guzon serves as a model of hard work, |
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| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of |
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| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Janice Guzon for winning the 2010 Prudential |