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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Give Kids A Smile is a national campaign,
3 sponsored by the American Dental Association, to deliver free
4 oral health education, screening, and treatment services to
5 children who would not otherwise receive dental care; and
 
6     WHEREAS, On Give Kids A Smile Day, Friday, February 6,
7 2004, hundreds of thousands of children at more than 4,000
8 sites across the country will receive free education,
9 screening, and treatment services; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants,
11 lay volunteers, dental societies, and dental school students
12 and faculties will be working together on that day to help
13 children from low-income families who otherwise would not
14 receive dental care; and
 
15     WHEREAS, While helping children is incredibly important to
16 Give Kids A Smile Day, it is equally important to note the
17 extent of untreated dental disease among too many of the
18 nation's children and foster meaningful progress toward
19 long-term solutions to dental access problems; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
22 recognize the importance of dental treatment to low-income
23 children and support the efforts of the American Dental
24 Association's Give Kids A Smile Campaign; and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That we name Friday, February 6, 2004 as Give
26 Kids A Smile Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to the American Dental Association with our best
29 wishes for the success of the Give Kids A Smile Day in 2004.