Full Text of HR0611 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mundelein Fire | 4 | | Chief Tim Sashko for receiving the "2013 Most Innovative Blood | 5 | | Drive Coordinator Award" from the Illinois Coalition of | 6 | | Community Blood Centers; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, because of his desire to help his | 8 | | community and his competitive nature, Chief Sashko developed | 9 | | the Firefighters' Blood Donor Challenge; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In its first year, 3 Lake County fire departments | 11 | | took part in the Challenge; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, By 2012, 36 fire departments were participating in | 13 | | the Challenge and collected over 3,148 units of blood in a | 14 | | single year; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Since its inception under Chief's Sashko's | 16 | | leadership, the Firefighter Challenge has expanded from Lake | 17 | | County to a statewide effort and the Firefighter Blood Donor | 18 | | Challenge has increased 700%; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Chief Sashko has helped bring the "Partners in | 20 | | Savings Lives" program, which educates high school students on |
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| 1 | | the importance of becoming life long donors, to Mundelein High | 2 | | School, which now because of his efforts, host 4 annual blood | 3 | | drives, collecting an average of 700 units of blood; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Chief Sashko works to insure one drive each month | 5 | | is held in his community so that donors have a consistent and | 6 | | convenient place to donate; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Chief Sashko reaches beyond the fire departments | 8 | | and encourages community groups to also join in the Firefighter | 9 | | Blood Donor Challenge; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Chief Sashko hosted a bone marrow drive and | 11 | | successfully added 82 members to the National Bone Marrow | 12 | | Registry; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, LifeSource nominated Chief Sashko as the | 14 | | "2013 Most Innovative Blood Drive Coordinator" in a statewide | 15 | | competition hosted by the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood | 16 | | Centers; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Chief Tim Sashko for receiving the "2013 Most | 20 | | Innovative Blood Drive Coordinator Award", commend him for his | 21 | | selfless service and dedication to saving lives in his |
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| 1 | | community, and wish him continued success in promoting blood | 2 | | donation; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Chief Sashko as a symbol of our respect and | 5 | | esteem.
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