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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is with deep concern for the hundreds of |
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| thousands of citizens nationwide who face increasing |
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| difficulties feeding their families that this body joins with |
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| the Illinois Interagency Nutrition Council, the Illinois Food |
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| Bank Association, and its individual Food Bank members as they |
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| support America's Second Harvest's National Hunger Awareness |
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| campaign to provide food assistance to hungry children; and
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| WHEREAS, Because of the sharp downturn in the economy, |
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| numerous families on a daily basis are relying on food banks to |
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| secure food for their families; and
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| WHEREAS, In Illinois, 8 food banks provide food assistance |
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| to needy families and their children with a variety of feeding |
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| programs including Kid's Cafes, Summertime Food Service, and |
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| After School Snack programs throughout the year that are all |
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| designed to reduce childhood hunger; and
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| WHEREAS, America's Second Harvest, the largest |
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| hunger-relief organization in the United States, has seen an |
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| increase in demand for food, particularly among families with |
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| children, and it has launched a national campaign to secure |
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| additional resources to help ease child hunger; and
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| WHEREAS, The date of June 6, 2006, has been designated |
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| "National Hunger Awareness Day" and the Illinois Food Bank |
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| Association members: the Central Illinois Food Bank in |
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| Springfield; the Eastern Illinois Food Bank in Urbana; the |
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| Greater Chicago Food Depository in Chicago; the Northern |
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| Illinois Food Bank in St. Charles, Rockford, and Park City; the |
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| Peoria Area Food Bank in Peoria; the River Bend Food Bank in |
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| Moline; the St. Louis Food Bank in St. Louis, Missouri; and the |
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| Tri-State Food Bank in Evansville, Indiana in partnership with |
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| over 2,000 emergency food providers, have committed their |