Bill Text: IL HR0412 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends Mary Nell Chew of Carbondale for her generous donation of $83,000 to fund an Honor Flight.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0412 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0412-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives would like to commend Mary Nell
Chew of | ||||||
4 | Carbondale for her generous donation of $83,000 to fund an | ||||||
5 | Honor Flight, giving
approximately 85 veterans an opportunity | ||||||
6 | to see the memorials and sights of Washington D.C.; and
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7 | WHEREAS, While Mary Nell Chew is not a veteran herself, she | ||||||
8 | has six veterans in her family and
wanted to honor those who | ||||||
9 | served our nation by giving them an opportunity they would | ||||||
10 | never
forget; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Mary Nell Chew had applied to be a guardian with | ||||||
12 | the Veterans Honor Flight of
Southern Illinois but was denied | ||||||
13 | due to being "too old"; instead, she presented the
organization | ||||||
14 | with an $83,000 check, which helped many veterans experience | ||||||
15 | their first Honor
Flight; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Mary Nell Chew's donation funded the fifth Honor | ||||||
17 | Flight for the Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois; it
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18 | departed on May 14, 2019 with more veterans onboard than any | ||||||
19 | other previous flight; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
21 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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1 | we commend Mary Nell
Chew for her generous donation
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2 | eagerness to honor those who have served our nation, and we | ||||||
3 | hope all of the veterans on
this Honor Flight had a fantastic | ||||||
4 | day in Washington D.C.; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to Mary Nell Chew as a symbol
of our respect and | ||||||
7 | esteem.
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