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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to commend and thank Dale and Rita | ||||||
4 | Colee for their support of the Wounded Warrior Project; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Wounded Warrior Project seeks to honor and | ||||||
6 | empower wounded service members by offering unique, direct | ||||||
7 | programs and services to meet the many needs of those service | ||||||
8 | members that are injured in the course of their duties; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Dale and Rita Colee opened their pharmacy, "Dale's | ||||||
10 | Southlake Pharmacy" in Decatur, in 2001; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Dale Colee and his daughter, Ericka, first heard | ||||||
12 | of the Wounded Warrior Project at a convention they were | ||||||
13 | attending in the summer of 2011; upon their return, they | ||||||
14 | decided to become more involved in this cause; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Illinois State Representative Ron Stephens, an | ||||||
16 | employee of the pharmacy, pledged to walk from Dale's Southlake | ||||||
17 | Pharmacy to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Springfield to | ||||||
18 | raise funds and awareness for the project; he also obtained | ||||||
19 | pledges of $100 for every mile walked; and
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20 | WHEREAS, On Memorial Day 2012, Representative Stephens |
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1 | completed the 42-mile walk; together with Dale's Southlake | ||||||
2 | Pharmacy, Illinois State Representative Jim Sacia, and | ||||||
3 | Cardinal Distributers, over $13,000 was raised for the Wounded | ||||||
4 | Warrior Project; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, A check will be presented to the Wounded Warrior | ||||||
6 | Project on July 10, 2012, at the Decatur Club in Decatur; Cindy | ||||||
7 | Jo Parsons, mother of Sergeant Shane Parsons, a wounded soldier | ||||||
8 | and benefactor of the project, will also be in attendance; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Dale and Rita Colee, as well as all who lend their | ||||||
10 | support to the Wounded Warrior Project, serve as models of hard | ||||||
11 | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
12 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
15 | we commend and thank Dale and Rita Colee for their support of | ||||||
16 | the Wounded Warrior Project and wish them continued success and | ||||||
17 | happiness in the future; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to Dale and Rita Colee as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
20 | respect.
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