Full Text of HR0309 98th General Assembly
HR0309 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | 3 | | pleased to congratulate Nick Cozzi on the occasion of his first | 4 | | Tour de Cure bike ride; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nick Cozzi was born April 4, 1993, in Joliet, and | 6 | | is a resident of Plainfield; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On March 15, 2013, Nick Cozzi marked the third | 8 | | year of his diagnosis with type 1 diabetes; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, One in 10 Americans are diagnosed with type 1 | 10 | | diabetes; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Nick Cozzi has overcome the challenges of type 1 | 12 | | diabetes and is now a happy, independent 20-year-old college | 13 | | student; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Nick Cozzi has formed a team for the annual Tour | 15 | | de Cure called the Red CUREsaders to raise funding for diabetes | 16 | | awareness and to fund research to find a cure for diabetes; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Nick Cozzi has not only demonstrated how to be a | 18 | | survivor of type 1 diabetes, but has demonstrated to his | 19 | | community how to thrive and push their limits; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Nick Cozzi, along with his teammate, Dana Grant, | 2 | | and their fathers, Mark Cozzi and Steve Grant, will ride the | 3 | | 30-mile race on May 26, 2013 along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate Nick Cozzi on the occasion of his participation | 8 | | in his first Tour de Cure; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we congratulate Nick Cozzi on what he calls | 10 | | the "the ride of my life" and admire him for training so hard | 11 | | to ride the 30-mile tour in order to raise funding for diabetes | 12 | | research and to help find a cure for diabetes; and be it | 13 | | further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Nick Cozzi as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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