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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Earning the highest achievement award of the
3 Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., the Girl Scout Gold Award,
4 symbolizes outstanding accomplishments in the areas of
5 leadership, community service, career planning, and personal
6 development; the award can be earned by girls aged 14 to 17
7 or in grades 9 through 12; and
8 WHEREAS, To receive the Gold Award, the Girl Scout must
9 earn four Interest Project Patches, the Career Exploration
10 Pin, the Senior Girl Scout Leadership Award, and the Senior
11 Girl Scout Challenge, as well as design and implement a Girl
12 Scout Gold Award project; a plan for fulfilling these
13 requirements is created by the Senior Girl Scout and is
14 carried out in close cooperation with the girl and an adult
15 Girl Scout volunteer; and
16 WHEREAS, Six members of the Girl Scouts-Kickapoo Council
17 will receive the Girl Scout Gold Award at the Annual
18 Recognition Banquet on May 4, 2003; the girls receiving this
19 prestigious award are Jacy Brasher, Monica Edwards, Lindsay
20 Furr, Katherine Grady, Laura Handrich, and Cassie Whitsitt;
21 and
22 WHEREAS, Jacy Brasher is a member of Girl Scout Troop
23 #1000; she is a senior at East Peoria Community High School;
24 for her project, she gathered holiday presents for less
25 fortunate children in the community; and
26 WHEREAS, Monica Edwards is a member of Girl Scout Troop
27 #555; she is a senior at Notre Dame High School; for her
28 project, she developed and executed a one-day event that
29 addressed important topics for teens including breast cancer,
30 healthy eating, teen pregnancy, skin cancer, depression, and
31 suicide; and
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1 WHEREAS, Lindsay Furr is a member of Girl Scout Troop
2 #555 and is a senior at Elmwood High School; for her project,
3 she developed a website for the Elmwood Bicentennial Book
4 which features information about the book and in the book;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, Katherine Grady is a member of Girl Scout Troop
7 #35 and is a senior at Peoria High School; for her project,
8 she planted a butterfly garden and labeled the plants and
9 trees on a nature trail for educational purposes for the
10 children attending Pleasant Valley School; and
11 WHEREAS, Laura Handrich is a member of Girl Scout Troop
12 #1000 and is a student at Illinois Central College; for her
13 project, she gathered holiday presents for less fortunate
14 children in the community; and
15 WHEREAS, Cassie Whitsitt is a member of Girl Scout Troop
16 #47 and is a senior at Lewistown High School; for her
17 project, she planned and executed the Fulton County blood
18 drives; therefore, be it
19 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21 we congratulate Jacy Brasher, Monica Edwards, Lindsay Furr,
22 Katherine Grady, Laura Handrich, and Cassie Whitsitt on
23 earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, and we recognize the
24 significant effort and time that each girl contributed in
25 order to earn the award; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
27 presented to Jacy Brasher, Monica Edwards, Lindsay Furr,
28 Katherine Grady, Laura Handrich, and Cassie Whitsitt as a
29 token of our respect and esteem.