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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Mr. Tim
4 Gernon on being the recipient of the Beacon Award given by
5 the Community Alliance; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1998, Mr. Gernon helped found and served as
7 the first president of the Community Alliance, which unites
8 the charitable foundations of Riverside Medical Center,
9 Provena St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee Community College, and
10 Olivet Nazarene University for wide-ranging efforts; and
11 WHEREAS, Some projects that the Community Alliance has
12 focused on have included heart-saving defibrillators and
13 education against domestic violence; the group will undertake
14 2 new projects, files of medical information that will fit on
15 refrigerator doors and flashing porch bulbs to alert EMT
16 squads; and
17 WHEREAS, Mr. Gernon is the president of Clancy-Gernon
18 Funeral Homes and is a member of the Elks, Moose, Kiwanis,
19 and the Knights of Columbus; he and his wife, Collette,
20 served as the co-chairs for the annual Bishop McNamara
21 auction and chaired the school's strategic plan in 2002; and
22 WHEREAS, Mr. Gernon was the first president of the
23 Kankakee Valley Hospice Board of Directors; he's also served
24 on the boards of Our Lady of Victory Nursing Home and Provena
25 St. Mary's Hospital Foundation; he is a founding member of
26 the Kankakee Community College Cavalier Club and served on
27 the Olivet capital campaign; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 we congratulate Mr. Tim Gernon on being the recipient of the
31 Beacon Award, given by the Community Alliance; and be it
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2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Mr. Gernon as as an expression of our respect
4 and esteem and with many thanks for his outstanding
5 contributions to his community.