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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, Give  Kids  A  Smile  is  a  national  campaign,
 3    sponsored by the American Dental Association, to deliver free
 4    oral  health  education, screening, and treatment services to
 5    children who would not otherwise receive dental care; and

 6        WHEREAS, On Give Kids A Smile Day, Friday,  February  21,
 7    2003,  hundreds  of  thousands of children at more than 4,000
 8    sites  across  the  country  will  receive  free   education,
 9    screening, and treatment services; and

10        WHEREAS,  Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants,
11    lay volunteers, dental societies, and dental school  students
12    and  faculties  will  be working together on that day to help
13    children from low-income families  who  otherwise  would  not
14    receive dental care; and

15        WHEREAS,  While  helping children is incredibly important
16    to Give Kids A Smile Day, it is equally important to note the
17    extent of untreated dental disease  among  too  many  of  the
18    nation's  children  and  foster  meaningful  progress  toward
19    long-term  solutions to dental access problems; therefore, be
20    it

21        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
22    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23    we recognize the importance of dental treatment to low-income
24    children and support  the  efforts  of  the  American  Dental
25    Association's Give Kids A Smile Campaign; and be it further

26        RESOLVED,  That we name Friday, February 21, 2003 as Give
27    Kids A Smile Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further

28        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
29    presented  to  the  American Dental Association with our best
30    wishes for the success of the Give Kids A Smile Day in 2003.