Full Text of HR0709 095th General Assembly
HR0709 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Kim Hunter for her work | 4 |
| with the Douglas County Medical Reserve Corps; and
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| WHEREAS, The Douglas County Medical Reserve Corps was | 6 |
| started in 2003, when Kim Hunter, the Douglas County Health | 7 |
| Department's health educator, applied for a grant to fund and | 8 |
| launch the Douglas County MRC; the funding continued until it | 9 |
| was cut in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Kim Hunter has served as the grant writer, | 11 |
| promoter, and recruiter for the Douglas County Medical Reserve | 12 |
| Corps since its inception; she has been actively involved in | 13 |
| the grassroots efforts for the recruitment, training, and | 14 |
| equipping of the MRC's members and has built the MRC from its | 15 |
| conceptual stages to its current incarnation, an experienced | 16 |
| organization with over 100 members; the group currently | 17 |
| provides services such as first aid support for local events, | 18 |
| immunizations, and school physicals; and
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| WHEREAS, Kim Hunter led the Douglas County Medical Reserve | 20 |
| Corps volunteers during the group's first big venture, the | 21 |
| Strategic National Stockpile Drill, helping to shape them into | 22 |
| a professional unit; she also led the charge of dedicated |
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| Medical Reserve Corps volunteers into the disaster areas of | 2 |
| Hurricanes Ivan and Frances in 2004 and Hurricanes Katrina and | 3 |
| Rita in 2005, partnering with such groups as the Red Cross and | 4 |
| FEMA to provide aid to those affected by those tragic events; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Kim Hunter's reputation for excellence has also | 7 |
| been noticed by the national Medical Reserve Corps, who invited | 8 |
| her to speak at their annual conferences in 2004 and 2005; she | 9 |
| also attends the conferences every year in order to strengthen | 10 |
| the MRC's resources and contacts; and she has served as the | 11 |
| Co-Chair of the Illinois Medical Reserve Corps; and
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| WHEREAS, Kim Hunter's dedication to her profession and | 13 |
| willingness to serve her community make her a model for the | 14 |
| people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| honor Kim Hunter for her work with the Douglas County Medical | 18 |
| Reserve Corps and wish her continued success and happiness in | 19 |
| the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to Kim Hunter as an symbol of our esteem and respect.
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