Full Text of HR0475 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Nick Curley of | 4 | | Chicago on receiving the 2013 Hearts & Hugs Youth Advocate | 5 | | Award; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, This year's award was given to Nick Curley due to | 7 | | the success of his project to raise awareness for epilepsy and | 8 | | Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP); each year, as part | 9 | | of an annual family tradition, he would tell his parents what | 10 | | kind of volunteer project he wanted to participate in to help | 11 | | others; he is 8 years old and has just completed the 3rd grade | 12 | | at Immaculate Conception School; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, For his most recent project, Nick Curley decided | 14 | | to combine the 3 things he loves the most: skating on a hockey | 15 | | rink, helping others, and having fun; he and his parents | 16 | | coordinated a plan for him to ice skate 100 miles, 5 miles at a | 17 | | time, at 20 ice rinks around the State; he kicked off his | 18 | | journey with 5 miles on the rink of the Glenview Stars, his | 19 | | home ice; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Nick Curley skated with teams ranging from Loyola | 21 | | Academy and Barrington High School to the Rockford Ice Hogs; he | 22 | | skated at the Allstate Arena, the United Center, and Soldier |
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| 1 | | Field, where he took a victory lap during the College Hockey | 2 | | Classic in February 2013; NHL hall-of-famer Denis Savard joined | 3 | | him for miles 46 through 50 and Congressman Mike Quigley skated | 4 | | with him twice; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nick Curley's skating campaign received national | 6 | | exposure; he was featured in an article on Yahoo! Sports and | 7 | | was involved in stories on CBS Chicago News and NBC Chicago | 8 | | News; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Nick Curley completed his 1,000th lap during the | 10 | | intermission of a Chicago Wolves game; he raised nearly $40,000 | 11 | | for the Danny Did Foundation, an organization whose goals are | 12 | | advancing awareness of SUDEP and mainstreaming seizure | 13 | | detection and seizure prediction devices that may assist in | 14 | | preventing deaths caused by seizures; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Nick Curley's success was due in part to a great | 16 | | team around him that supported him at every step of the way, | 17 | | including his parents, Laura and Brian; his coaches, Kevin | 18 | | Delaney and Rob Emme; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. | 19 | | Sonnefeldt; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we congratulate Nick Curley on receiving the 2013 Hearts & Hugs |
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| 1 | | Youth Advocate Award; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Nick Curley as an expression of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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