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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to commend Glennita A. Williams and
4her work with America's Guardian Angels; and
 
5    WHEREAS, After her friend's father was deployed to Al
6Kasik, Iraq in 2007, Glennita began working on America's
7Guardian Angels; and
 
8    WHEREAS, While Major Michael Striverson was in Iraq,
9Glennita emailed him as to what he would like to have while
10stationed overseas and he replied he was craving Hostess
11Twinkies; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Glennita realized that Major Striverson was
13probably not the only soldier craving something sweet so she
14decided to ask her 5th grade teacher and classmates at McKinley
15School in South Holland to help her send Major Striverson and
16his troops some Hostess products, and named the project
17"Operation Twinkie"; and
 
18    WHEREAS, In 10 days Glennita and her classmates collected
19and shipped more than 1,000 products for the soldiers in Iraq;
20in the 6th grade, Glennita expanded her project from the
21classroom to the entire school and asked for care items for the

 

 

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1veterans at Edward Hines VA Hospital; hundreds of items were
2collected and more than 160 care packets were made; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Glennita arranged for the school choir to
4accompany her in passing out the packets and singing songs to
5the veterans; the visit inspired Glennita to show her
6appreciation towards the men and women in the military and one
7month later she was responsible for the collection of more than
83,000 Twinkies, along with Starbucks coffee, being shipped to
9Afghanistan and Iraq; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Glennita desired to do more for the soldiers, so
11she asked her community for assistance; now, with help from
12South Holland Mayor Don De Graff and his staff, 19 different
13care items, along with Twinkies, are being collected throughout
14the community; and
 
15    WHEREAS, What started out as a onetime project from the
16heart of a child has become a mission; Glennita A. Williams is
17now the Founder and President of America's Guardian Angels, a
18foundation that is committed to the men and women serving this
19country; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22we commend Glennita Williams for her hard work and dedication

 

 

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1to giving back to the men and women of the military; and be it
2further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to Glennita Williams as a symbol of our respect and
5esteem.