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