Full Text of SR0603 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Jennifer Sinclair Arnold Smith of | 4 | | Champaign, who passed away on September 28, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jennifer Arnold Smith graduated from Champaign | 6 | | Central High School in 1995 and attended Southern Illinois | 7 | | University-Carbondale and the University of Illinois-Chicago | 8 | | to earn both her Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in | 9 | | social work; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jennifer Arnold Smith spent almost 10 years | 11 | | working with students as an advisor and advocate at Parkland | 12 | | College in Champaign; she served as the Student Development | 13 | | Advocate to the Title II Director to the Student Services | 14 | | Advisor; she was instrumental in the Parkland Pathway to | 15 | | Illinois program and also envisioned and led the "It's a | 16 | | Parkland Thing" advertising campaign featuring local | 17 | | student-athletes; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Jennifer Arnold Smith always had a passion for | 19 | | helping others; she volunteered on 6 different mission trips | 20 | | with the Appalachia Service Project and Operation Hogar, both | 21 | | through Faith United Methodist Church, where she was an active | 22 | | member; she donated over 789 ounces of breast milk to the |
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| 1 | | International Breast Milk Project, which provides breast milk | 2 | | to critically ill infants around the world; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jennifer Arnold Smith shared her own personal | 4 | | struggle with breast cancer to educate others who might also be | 5 | | struggling with the same disease; she helped launch the | 6 | | Champaign-Urbana affiliate of the Young Survival Coalition, a | 7 | | national organization for young women facing breast cancer, and | 8 | | she was a member of its Leadership Council; she spoke at high | 9 | | schools, colleges, and national conferences, and she wrote a | 10 | | blog and 2 books and mentored many women one-on-one through | 11 | | Imerman Angels; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Jennifer Arnold Smith received many awards and | 13 | | recognitions, including being named as a member of the "Central | 14 | | Illinois Business Magazine "40 Under 40", the "Illini Radio | 15 | | Group 20 Outstanding Women You Should Know", and "Chambana Moms | 16 | | to Know" and was inducted into the Parkland College Athletic | 17 | | Hall of Fame in 2011; most recently she was named a 2013 Pink | 18 | | Power Mom; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Jennifer Arnold Smith was preceded in death by her | 20 | | grandparents, Bob and Marcille Sinclair; her uncle, John | 21 | | Sinclair; her cousins, Leah Arnold and Dusty Schwendeman; and | 22 | | countless friends who were also diagnosed with breast cancer; | 23 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jennifer Arnold Smith is survived by her son, | 2 | | Corbin; her parents, Fred and Nancy Arnold; her brother, Eric | 3 | | (Christy) Arnold; her sister, Sara (Noah) Hurst; her nephew, | 4 | | Jaxson Arnold; her extended family in Ohio; and countless | 5 | | friends throughout the United States; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Jennifer Sinclair Arnold Smith, and extend our sincere | 9 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 10 | | her; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Jennifer Arnold Smith as an | 13 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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