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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Janice Guzon of
4 Hoffman Estates for winning the 2010 Prudential Spirit of
5 Community Award; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Janice Guzon is a 16-year old senior at St. Viator
7 High School; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Janice Guzon won the 2010 Prudential Spirit of
9 Community Award for her efforts with a charitable organization
10 that she founded out of her high school, EYEsee, which is
11 devoted to helping improve access to eyeglasses in
12 less-developed countries by collecting eyeglasses in North
13 America and delivering them to places where they are needed,
14 such as Latin America and Asia; and
 
15     WHEREAS, With the help of such partners as EyeCare WeCare
16 Foundation, Inc., Physicians for Peace, and Canvasback
17 Missions, Inc., EYEsee has helped 7,000 people receive
18 eyeglasses in Haiti, Honduras, the Philippines, Venezuela,
19 Congo, and several Pacific Island nations; the organization has
20 also set an ambitious goal to collect 14,000 pairs of
21 eyeglasses and deliver them overseas in 2010; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Janice Guzon was inspired to found EYEsee after
2 she was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at a young age; after
3 learning that blurred vision and other eyesight problems are
4 common side effects of diabetes, she was inspired to help
5 improve access to quality eye care to residents of countries
6 that did not have proper access to eye care and where a pair of
7 glasses would be prohibitively expensive to most people; and
 
8     WHEREAS, In addition to her efforts with EYEsee, Janice
9 Guzon is also active in other activities in her community; she
10 was the recipient of a regional award from the Coca-Cola
11 Scholars Program and is under consideration for a national
12 award as well; she serves as a Youth Board Advisor for the
13 Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint venture between
14 the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association that
15 focuses on solving the epidemic of childhood obesity in the
16 United States; she also serves as the editor-in-chief for the
17 St. Viator High School newspaper, the Viator Voice; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Janice Guzon serves as a model of hard work,
19 integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
20 Illinois; therefore, be it
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
23 congratulate Janice Guzon for winning the 2010 Prudential

 

 

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1 Spirit of Community Award and wish her continued success and
2 happiness in the future; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to Janice Guzon as a symbol of our esteem and
5 respect.