IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION commending Mollie Heishman, Eric Conard, and twenty-two other Oak Grove High School students for their efforts in helping the victims of a tornado in Wichita, Kansas.
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RESOLUTION # 12807, July 12, 1999
INTRODUCED BY Terry Young, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, while watching a school broadcast about the destruction caused by a tornado in Oklahoma during the first week of May 1999, Oak Grove High School junior Mollie Heishman, age 17, decided to see if she and other students could do something to help; and,
WHEREAS, Mollie obtained the support of student council president Eric Conard, and together they communicated with officials in the disaster area to see what they could do to assist the victims of the tornado; and,
WHEREAS, Mollie and Eric were told that they could provide more assistance in Wichita, Kansas, which was also hit by the same storm; and,
WHEREAS, they formulated a plan and initially raised $1,600 to donate to the Salvation Army to help victims replace lost items and for other necessities; and,
WHEREAS, in addition, students asked for donations of items of value remaining from the annual city-wide garage sale and arranged for these items to be transported to help the Wichita victims; and,
WHEREAS, on Saturday, May 8, twenty-four Oak Grove High School students traveled by bus to Wichita, Kansas, to assist in the clean-up; and,
WHEREAS, the students worked diligently in a trailer park area, where some trailers were crushed together in layers, one on top of another, and others were ripped apart in the storm; and,
WHEREAS, the students especially made a difference to the family who had lost a teenage son when they were able to locate one of his prized possessions, and also by assisting a business in finding money, a business credit card, and records that had been scattered; and,
WHEREAS, while they were gone, a small group of stude...
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