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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, State Farm Insurance Company's mission is to help
3 people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the
4 unexpected, and realize their dreams; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of
6 death for children between the ages of 2 and 14 years; and
 
7     WHEREAS, 1,543 children were killed and more than 227,000
8 children were injured in automobile accidents in 2002; and
 
9     WHEREAS, State Farm has partnered with The Children's
10 Hospital of Philadelphia to develop the Partners for Child
11 Passenger Safety, the first academic-corporate partnership
12 devoted to the safety of children in motor vehicles; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Partners for Child Passenger Safety is committed
14 to improving automotive restraint design and educating policy
15 makers and parents to increase safety for children; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Partners of Child Passenger Safety has studied
17 more than 223,000 accidents involving 336,000 children in an
18 effort to improve the safety of children in automobiles; and
 
19     WHEREAS, State Farm is sponsoring its fifth annual Child
20 Passenger Safety Day on Saturday, May 14, 2005, to show parents
21 how to properly install and use child restraint systems; and
 
22     WHEREAS, State Farm Child Passenger Safety Day is being
23 held across the United States and in 13 separate locations
24 throughout Illinois including Bloomington, Bradley, Champaign,
25 Chicago, East St. Louis, Joliet, Macomb, Moline, Peru, and
26 Springfield; therefore, be it
 
27     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we recognize and applaud State Farm Insurance for conducting
3 its fifth annual State Farm Child Passenger Safety Day and
4 encourage parents and families to take advantage of this
5 opportunity to ensure the safety of their children; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
8 presented to State Farm Insurance.