Full Text of HR0394 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Robert Rogina, a leader in the economic | 3 | | development of Joliet and a philanthropist, passed away on | 4 | | February 28, 2014 at the age of 72 while waiting for an organ | 5 | | donation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Rogina was a civil engineer by trade and an | 7 | | engineer for civic improvement by occupation; he was the | 8 | | founder of Rogina Engineers and Surveyors; he was active with | 9 | | the Rialto Square Theatre, the United Way of Will County, | 10 | | Silver Cross Hospital, Cornerstone Services, the Will County | 11 | | Center for Economic Development, the University of St. Francis, | 12 | | the Rotary Club, the Will-Grundy Counties Home Builders | 13 | | Association, the Will County Community Foundation, and the | 14 | | Three Rivers Manufacturers Association; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Over 116,000 people are currently waiting for an | 16 | | organ transplant and 21 people will die each day waiting for an | 17 | | organ; a person is added to the organ donor waiting list every | 18 | | 10 minutes; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, One organ donor can save up to 8 lives and let up | 20 | | to 79 people receive organ transplants; a single tissue donor | 21 | | can save or heal up to 50 people; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, More than 24,000 patients began new lives in 2014 | 2 | | thanks to organ transplants; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, More than 120 million people in the United States | 4 | | are signed up to be organ, eye, and tissue donors, which is | 5 | | approximately 50% of the United States' adult population; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois should be made aware of | 7 | | the need for organ donors and that everyone can become a donor, | 8 | | regardless of age, race, or medical history; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, National Donate Life Month takes place every year | 10 | | in April; it features an entire month of local, regional, and | 11 | | national activities to help encourage Americans to register as | 12 | | organ, eye, and tissue donors and to celebrate those that have | 13 | | saved lives through the gift of donation; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois should encourage all | 15 | | residents 18 years old and older to register as an organ donor | 16 | | by having an Illinois driver's license or ID card to register | 17 | | for organ donation at their local Secretary of State's facility | 18 | | at the same time they apply for or renew a driver's license or | 19 | | ID card or online; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, A Organ Donor Registration Month in State of | 21 | | Illinois will promote education and awareness of how citizens |
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| 1 | | can become donors and the importance of being a donor to help | 2 | | save lives; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | designate the month of April in 2015 and 2016 as Organ Donor | 6 | | Registration Month in the State of Illinois in honor of Robert | 7 | | Rogina and those who have lost their lives while waiting on a | 8 | | transplant list, to celebrate the lives of those who have been | 9 | | saved through organ donation, and to thank those who have been | 10 | | donors.
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