Full Text of HR0222 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the
deaths of Abigail | 4 | | Adelia Liefer, 19, and Hannah Marie Porter, 20, who were killed | 5 | | in a car
accident on January 10, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Both Abby Liefer and Hannah Porter were active | 7 | | members of their
community, working together at the YMCA in Red | 8 | | Bud, and both were renowned by
members of their community for | 9 | | their generous spirits and for often going out of their way to
| 10 | | help those in need; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In an attempt to deal with her grief, Alison | 12 | | Schubert, older sister of Abby Liefer,
turned to Facebook, | 13 | | creating an event calling on family, friends, and neighbors to | 14 | | commit random
acts of kindness in memory of Abby Liefer and | 15 | | Hannah Porter on February 10, 2015, to help the
families of | 16 | | both girls on the one-month anniversary of their deaths; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The event quickly spread beyond the community in | 18 | | which both girls lived, with
people joining the Facebook event | 19 | | from across the country and even outside of the United States,
| 20 | | including participants from locations as far away as the | 21 | | Philippines, Wyoming, Florida, Colorado,
and California; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Over ten thousand participants spread random acts | 2 | | of kindness throughout the day
and even in the days leading up | 3 | | to and following the anniversary, handing out business cards as
| 4 | | the random acts were performed to explain that the kindness was | 5 | | done in honor of Abby Liefer
and Hannah Porter; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Community members who had random acts of kindness | 7 | | bestowed upon them often
passed the act of kindness along, | 8 | | creating a chain of acts of kindness that extended far beyond
| 9 | | the families mourning the loss of Abby Liefer and Hannah | 10 | | Porter; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Alison Schubert stated, "My biggest fear is that | 12 | | everyone will move on. There will
be another accident, another | 13 | | loss, and people won't think about Abby and Hannah anymore. I
| 14 | | just want everyone to remember them. I don't want people to | 15 | | ever forget"; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | honor the lives of Abigail
Adelia Liefer and Hannah Marie | 19 | | Porter, who touched so many in such a short amount of time; and | 20 | | be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That we declare February 10, 2015 as "Abby & | 22 | | Hannah's Random Act of
Kindness Day" in the State of Illinois; |
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| 1 | | and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the families of Abby Liefer and
Hannah Porter as | 4 | | an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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