HR0727 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to recognize important events in the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, SHORE Community Services is honoring Mr. Sam E. Pfeffer with the 2004 Thomas and Lois Lloyd Humanitarian Award that is named in honor of SHORE's founding family and is bestowed upon an individual who has rendered outstanding service and support to SHORE and to individuals who need the help of others to enable them to have some quality of life in our society; and

WHEREAS, SHORE Community Services has promoted the well-being of adults and children with developmental disabilities for over fifty years; and

WHEREAS, Sam E. Pfeffer has been a Board Member of SHORE since 1992; during that time he has worked tirelessly to help the agency secure a number of grants and gifts from various individuals and companies; and

WHEREAS, Last year, SHORE had to secure additional transportation when the Medi-Car vehicle program, which provided transport to and from day programs, was halted; Mr. Pfeffer worked with Trim-Tex Corporation to secure a fifteen-passenger van to transport clients to SHORE's work training center in Morton Grove; he has served as a member of the Human-Rights Committee and on other committees for SHORE during his tenure as Board Member; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Pfeffer is deeply involved in community organizations; he has been on the Board or President of two suburban synagogues, a Board Member of Mallinckrodt College, a Vice-Chairman of the Wilmette Bi-Centennial Commission, a Charter Board Member of the Catholic Orphans of Acapulco, and a member of the Board of Columbia College in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Pfeffer learned ventriloquism and performed for children at hospitals and for philanthropic groups, including SHORE; this past year, he spent a month in Israel as a volunteer teaching English to Israelis of all ages, including Ethiopian children and adults; Mr. Pfeffer received special permission from the State Department of India to visit the restricted areas of Manipour and Mazarim (near the Burmese border) in late April and early May of 2004, where he will dedicate a Torah to the children of the Bnai Menashee community; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Pfeffer is a shining light doing humanitarian deeds for people all over the world; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Sam E. Pfeffer for his dedication to service in the name of adults and children with developmental disabilities; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Sam E. Pfeffer as an expression of our respect and esteem.