Full Text of HR0210 97th General Assembly
HR0210 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0210 | | LRB097 11272 KXB 53278 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to commend Glennita A. Williams and | 4 | | her work with America's Guardian Angels; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, After her friend's father was deployed to Al | 6 | | Kasik, Iraq in 2007, Glennita began working on America's | 7 | | Guardian Angels; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, While Major Michael Striverson was in Iraq, | 9 | | Glennita emailed him as to what he would like to have while | 10 | | stationed overseas and he replied he was craving Hostess | 11 | | Twinkies; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Glennita
realized that Major Striverson was | 13 | | probably not the only soldier craving something sweet so she | 14 | | decided to ask her 5th grade teacher and classmates at McKinley | 15 | | School in South Holland to help her send Major Striverson and | 16 | | his troops some Hostess products, and named the project | 17 | | "Operation Twinkie"; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 10 days Glennita and her classmates collected | 19 | | and shipped more than 1,000 products for the soldiers in Iraq; | 20 | | in the 6th grade, Glennita expanded her project from the | 21 | | classroom to the entire school and asked for care items for the |
| | | HR0210 | - 2 - | LRB097 11272 KXB 53278 r |
|
| 1 | | veterans at Edward Hines VA Hospital; hundreds of items were | 2 | | collected and more than 160 care packets were made; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Glennita arranged for the school choir to | 4 | | accompany her in passing out the packets and singing songs to | 5 | | the veterans; the visit inspired Glennita to show her | 6 | | appreciation towards the men and women in the military and one | 7 | | month later she was responsible for the collection of more than | 8 | | 3,000 Twinkies, along with Starbucks coffee, being shipped to | 9 | | Afghanistan and Iraq; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Glennita desired to do more for the soldiers, so | 11 | | she asked her community for assistance; now, with help from | 12 | | South Holland Mayor Don De Graff and his staff, 19 different | 13 | | care items, along with Twinkies, are being collected throughout | 14 | | the community; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, What started out as a onetime project from the | 16 | | heart of a child has become a mission; Glennita A. Williams is | 17 | | now the Founder and President of America's Guardian Angels, a | 18 | | foundation that is committed to the men and women serving this | 19 | | country; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we commend Glennita Williams for her hard work and dedication |
| | | HR0210 | - 3 - | LRB097 11272 KXB 53278 r |
|
| 1 | | to giving back to the men and women of the military; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Glennita Williams as a symbol of our respect and | 5 | | esteem.
|
|