HR 22 (LSB 2297HH (2) 85)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 22

BY  DOLECHECK, COSTELLO, COWNIE, and HAGENOW

A Resolution honoring Samantha Dilocker and Katelyn Cinnamon, the Iowa Prudential Spirit of Community Award winners for 2013.

   WHEREAS, since 1995, Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals honor outstanding young volunteers on an annual basis, whose school or community volunteer projects merit special recognition as examples of outstanding civic initiatives; and
   WHEREAS, judges from each state select two state, district, or commonwealth honorees who receive a $1,000 cash award, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in a national competition for further recognition; and
   WHEREAS, Samantha Dilocker, a student at Red Oak Middle School in Red Oak, and Katelyn Cinnamon, a senior at Valley High School in West Des Moines, have been named Iowa’s top two youth volunteers for 2013 by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards; and
   WHEREAS, Samantha, an eighth-grade student, initiated an annual auction benefiting a food pantry, a scholarship fund, a community toy drive, and a child suffering from cancer; and
   WHEREAS, over a period of six years, those auctions, held at the local Elks Lodge, have raised more than $14,000; and
   WHEREAS, Katelyn Cinnamon, a twelfth-grade student, has raised thousands of dollars to purchase iPad tablets for each exam room at the Blank Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic; and
   WHEREAS, the tablets have already been delivered to the clinic, while Katelyn continues her work to pay for kids to attend an annual oncology camp where they can enjoy typical camp activities; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives honors these two remarkable young ladies, Samantha Dilocker and Katelyn Cinnamon, for their dedication in service to others, and congratulates them both as 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Award state honorees.