Bill Text: IL HR0102 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special Olympics Cheer Team on being invited to join the Special Olympics International Cheer Team for the 2023 Special Olympics World Games. Wishes the team continued success in its future endeavors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0102 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0102-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Without Limits - Team | ||||||
| 4 | Galaxy Special Olympics Cheer Team on the occasion of being | ||||||
| 5 | invited to be a part of the Special Olympics International | ||||||
| 6 | Cheer Team for the 2023 Special Olympics World Games; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special Olympics | ||||||
| 8 | Cheer Team is one of five teams in the United States to be | ||||||
| 9 | selected as a part of the Special Olympics International Cheer | ||||||
| 10 | Team for the 2023 Special Olympics World Games, the world's | ||||||
| 11 | largest inclusive sports event, which will be held in Berlin, | ||||||
| 12 | Germany from June 17 to June 25, 2023; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, After cheer was recognized as a sport by Special | ||||||
| 14 | Olympics International, Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special | ||||||
| 15 | Olympics Cheer Team was formed by Kati Hassall in the fall of | ||||||
| 16 | 2019; unfortunately, the new team was paused due to the | ||||||
| 17 | COVID-19 pandemic, but the team was reinstated by Lisa Elbe in | ||||||
| 18 | July 2021; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special Olympics | ||||||
| 20 | Cheer Team became the first Special Olympics Cheer Team of its | ||||||
| 21 | kind in Southern Illinois and is based in Belleville; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special Olympics | ||||||
| 2 | Cheer Team has grown to include almost 30 members, ranging in | ||||||
| 3 | age from 11 to 30 years old, with its members representing a | ||||||
| 4 | variety of disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy, | ||||||
| 5 | down syndrome, and DDX3X syndrome; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special Olympics | ||||||
| 7 | Cheer Team has performed and continues to perform at local | ||||||
| 8 | Special Olympic events and other community events and parades; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special Olympics | ||||||
| 11 | Cheer Team is led by Cheer Coach Lisa Elbe; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate Without Limits - Team Galaxy Special Olympics | ||||||
| 15 | Cheer Team on being invited to join the Special Olympics | ||||||
| 16 | International Cheer Team for the 2023 Special Olympics World | ||||||
| 17 | Games, and we wish the team continued success in its future | ||||||
| 18 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Cheer Coach Lisa Elbe as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | esteem and respect.
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