IL HR1329

Recognizes the Metropolis Hope Light Project Committee, Hope Light Foundation, and City of Metropolis for efforts to communicate cancer awareness through the Metropolis Lighthouse

Acknowledges that cancer claims over 24,000 Illinois resident lives annually and impacts hundreds of thousands more

Notes a 30-foot tall working lighthouse was built on the Ohio River banks near Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis, dedicated to fighting all cancers

Honors the lighthouse as the world's first and only lighthouse solely dedicated to cancer awareness and early detection, diagnosis, and treatment

Directs suitable copies of the resolution to be presented to the Metropolis Hope Light Project Committee, Hope Light Foundation, and City of Metropolis