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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to commend the many local businesses that |
| 4 | | donated their time, money, and support to O'Fallon Fraternal |
| 5 | | Order of the Police Lodge 198 in order to bestow a |
| 6 | | custom-designed, 14-passenger bus to the Parent Teacher |
| 7 | | Organization for Exceptional Children; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Parent Teacher Organization for Exceptional |
| 9 | | Children (PTOEC) was founded by parents, teachers, and |
| 10 | | community members to offer individuals with intellectual |
| 11 | | disabilities a united opportunity to socialize and participate |
| 12 | | in individual and team sports; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, The PTOEC was in dire need of a new vehicle due to |
| 14 | | its prior transportation being in poor working condition and |
| 15 | | not wheelchair accessible; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, When O'Fallon Fraternal Order of the Police (FOP) |
| 17 | | Lodge 198 discovered that the PTOEC could not afford new |
| 18 | | transportation, the order enlisted the help of several local |
| 19 | | businesses to help raise the money and provide the labor |
| 20 | | necessary to work on fine-tuning a new bus; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, O'Fallon FOP Lodge 198 received overwhelming |
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| 1 | | support from local businesses to make a $25,000 donation, the |
| 2 | | largest the order has ever made as an organization, to the |
| 3 | | PTOEC; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, On September 15, 2023, O'Fallon FOP Lodge 198 |
| 5 | | surprised the athletes of PTOEC at their monthly fun night by |
| 6 | | gifting them their new custom-designed, 14-passenger bus; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The PTOEC's new bus will allow the organization |
| 8 | | to better support its athletes by getting them to Special |
| 9 | | Olympics events, whether local or further away, safely; |
| 10 | | therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 12 | | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 13 | | we commend the many local businesses that donated their time, |
| 14 | | money, and support to O'Fallon Fraternal Order of the Police |
| 15 | | (FOP) Lodge 198 in order to bestow a custom-designed, |
| 16 | | 14-passenger bus to the Parent Teacher Organization for |
| 17 | | Exceptional Children (PTOEC); and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 19 | | delivered to O'Fallon FOP Lodge 198, South Beach Motors, |
| 20 | | Moreland Auto Body, Tactical Towing & Recovery Inc., Mission |
| 21 | | Accomplished Tire and Auto, Southern Bus & Mobility, United |
| 22 | | Ink, and Romano's License Service as a symbol of our esteem and |