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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On August 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina reached
3 landfall, devastating the Gulf coast states; and
 
4     WHEREAS, The cost in human suffering is ongoing for
5 hundreds of thousands of people who have lost loved ones,
6 homes, and livelihoods; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Humanitarian aid was critically needed in many of
8 the devastated regions and the devastation on the Gulf Coast of
9 Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama was catastrophic; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and
11 other volunteer organizations and charities supplied hurricane
12 survivors with food, water, and shelter; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Thousands of volunteers and government employees
14 committed time and resources to help with recovery efforts; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The volunteers who deployed to Kenner, Louisiana,
16 were Lt. Mike Kracht and firefighter John Lynch of the
17 Centralia Fire Department, Lt. Claude Howell of the Odin Fire
18 Protection District, and Chief Roger Mann and firefighter Randy
19 Schreffler of the Salem Fire Protection District; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The volunteers who deployed to Hammond,
21 Louisiana, were Officer Bryan Green of Salem Police Department
22 and Officer Rob Dillon of Centralia Police Department; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Many volunteers are still working to satisfy their
24 mission; therefore, be it
 
25     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
27 we commend the volunteers and offer our condolences to the

 

 

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1 survivors of Hurricane Katrina; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
3 presented to the volunteers as an expression of our sincere
4 gratitude for all of their hard work and assistance they
5 provided.