MS HR52

Commends and congratulates Annabelle Bunch of Saltillo, Mississippi, for being selected as the state's delegate to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Children's Congress in Washington, D.C.

Recognizes Bunch's selection as a 15-year-old sophomore at Itawamba Agricultural High School who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age four and has become an advocate for research funding.

Notes that Bunch is the only national delegate representing Mississippi for the 2017 Children's Congress, which selects 150 children and teens from 1,300 applications nationwide.

Highlights Bunch's 11 years of diabetes advocacy including raising over $7,800 for JDRF walks, self-publishing a children's book about diabetes, and helping raise $347,000 at the annual Hope Gala.

Directs the House to provide copies of the resolution to Bunch and the Capitol Press Corps.