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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is home to a multitude of 
3charitable groups that perform daily acts of generosity; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has learned 
5of the works of Central Illinois based LifeLine Pilots and the 
6occasion of their 30th anniversary; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, It is important to take notice and recognize the 
8decades of volunteer flights for families in need of 
9transportation to life saving medical treatments and the  
10ferrying of supplies to scenes of natural disaster in locales 
11like Joplin, New Orleans, and Haiti; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, The efforts of LifeLine Pilots grew from a handful 
13of aviators to a corp of more than 900 pilots, with 550 active 
14today; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Volunteers have flown more than 7,000 missions to 
1641 states, logged over 1.7 million miles, a distance equal to 
17more than 3 round trips to the moon; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, All of the journeys have been provided at no 
19charge, giving thousands of families needed relief from 
20financial hardship; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
3we declare April 21, 2012 as LifeLine Pilots Appreciation Day 
4in the State of Illinois; we salute  the hard works of the 
5LifeLine Pilot volunteers; and we offer our thanks and 
6appreciation for making Illinois a better place to live through 
7their efforts; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to LifeLine Pilots as a symbol of our respect and 
10esteem.