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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Deidre Downs, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, was
3 crowned Miss America in 2005; and
 
4     WHEREAS, As Miss America, Ms. Downs embarked on a national
5 speaking tour to promote her platform of Curing Childhood
6 Cancer and has won numerous awards for her community service
7 platform, including being named national spokesperson for the
8 Cure Search childhood cancer foundation; she is a Rhodes
9 Scholar finalist, a magna cum laude graduate of Samford
10 University, and an Echols Scholar at the University of
11 Virginia; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She received the 2005 Public Service Award from
13 the American Association of Cancer Research, President Bush's
14 Daily Point of Light Award for community service, and the
15 Quality of Life Award from the Miss America Organization
16 recognizing the contestant with the greatest accomplishments
17 in her community service platform; she is the creator of the
18 Curing Childhood Cancer license plate, an official Alabama
19 specialty car tag that has raised over $95,000 for pediatric
20 cancer research; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Ms. Downs is a member of the Jobs for America's
22 Graduates Board of Directors, the national organization that
23 Jobs for Illinois Graduates (JILG) is affiliated with; she is
24 appearing in Springfield as a showing of strong support for the
25 outstanding work of JILG on behalf of Illinois' young people;
26 and
 
27     WHEREAS, JILG has shown exemplary performance in the high
28 schools they serve throughout the State, serving students in
29 high school and fostering their future success after
30 graduation; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we recognize and honor Miss America, Deidre Downs, for her
4 contributions on behalf of children's health and educational
5 well-being and thank her for her efforts and hard work with
6 Jobs for Illinois Graduates; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Deidre Downs as an expression of our gratitude.