HR0849 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is home to a multitude of charitable groups that perform daily acts of generosity; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has learned of the works of Central Illinois based LifeLine Pilots and the occasion of their 30th anniversary; and

WHEREAS, It is important to take notice and recognize the decades of volunteer flights for families in need of transportation to life saving medical treatments and the ferrying of supplies to scenes of natural disaster in locales like Joplin, New Orleans, and Haiti; and

WHEREAS, The efforts of LifeLine Pilots grew from a handful of aviators to a corp of more than 900 pilots, with 550 active today; and

WHEREAS, Volunteers have flown more than 7,000 missions to 41 states, logged over 1.7 million miles, a distance equal to more than 3 round trips to the moon; and

WHEREAS, All of the journeys have been provided at no charge, giving thousands of families needed relief from financial hardship; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 21, 2012 as LifeLine Pilots Appreciation Day in the State of Illinois; we salute the hard works of the LifeLine Pilot volunteers; and we offer our thanks and appreciation for making Illinois a better place to live through their efforts; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to LifeLine Pilots as a symbol of our respect and esteem.