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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the
4 Jesse White Tumbling Team on the occasion of the team's 50th
5 anniversary; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team has thrilled
7 audiences since 1959, when Illinois Secretary of State Jesse
8 White, the team's founder and coach, created the team to serve
9 as a positive alternative for children residing in and around
10 the Chicago area; the team makes over 1,000 appearances each
11 year; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team's acrobatic
13 performances can frequently be seen during half-time shows for
14 the National Basketball Association, the National Football
15 League, and Major League Baseball games; the team has appeared
16 on Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show starring
17 Jay Leno, Good Morning America, The Jenny Jones Show, Disney
18 Channel's Mickey Mouse Club, CBS' How'd They Do That, and
19 several performances on Nippon Television in Tokyo; the team
20 has been featured in commercials for Coca-Cola, Jewel Food
21 Store, the Chicago White Sox, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield; the
22 team has appeared in the movies Heaven is a Playground, Ferris
23 Buehler's Day Off, and The Meteor Man; the team also performed

 

 

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1 during the 52nd and 53rd Presidential Inaugural Parades; and
 
2     WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team has an international
3 following; the team's fans can be found from Tokyo, Japan, to
4 Hong Kong, China, Bermuda, Jamaica, and Canada; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The members of the Jesse White Tumblers are
6 residents from 10 communities within the Chicago metropolitan
7 area; some are as young as 6 years old; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team was designed to be a
9 juvenile delinquency prevention program that helps youngsters
10 "grow tall and straight"; the members are required to abide by
11 Jesse White's strict rules, which include staying in school,
12 maintaining a "C" average in academic coursework, and staying
13 away from gangs and drugs; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Due to Jesse White's "tough love" approach and his
15 active involvement as coach, teacher, friend, mentor,
16 confidant, and surrogate father to the members, over 11,500
17 young men and women have benefited from the program since the
18 team's inception; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21 congratulate the members of the Jesse White Tumbling Team on

 

 

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1 the occasion of the team's 50th anniversary and wish them
2 continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
3 further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the Jesse White Tumbling Team as a symbol of our
6 esteem and respect.