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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Caren Nickelsen on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of being named as the Woman of the Year by the | ||||||
| 5 | Altrusa International Club of Elgin; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Altrusa International Club of Elgin presents | ||||||
| 7 | the Woman of the Year Award to those women who best embody the | ||||||
| 8 | Altrusa Keys of Altruism, Loyalty, Talent, Reciprocity, Unity, | ||||||
| 9 | Service, and Achievement; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Caren Nickelsen has been an active member in her | ||||||
| 11 | community; she is a Board Member of the Elgin Community College | ||||||
| 12 | Foundation and is involved in all of the foundation's special | ||||||
| 13 | events; she is involved with numerous special events in the | ||||||
| 14 | greater Elgin area, including the Gail Borden Library's Abe | ||||||
| 15 | Lincoln fundraising event; she is the founder, president, and | ||||||
| 16 | long-time board member of Elgin Enrichment Series, which has | ||||||
| 17 | brought people of notoriety, arts, and culture to Elgin for 10 | ||||||
| 18 | years; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Caren Nickelsen is a longtime member and has | ||||||
| 20 | served as president of the Elgin PEO group; she is a member of | ||||||
| 21 | the University of Illinois President's Council, the North Park | ||||||
| 22 | University President's Club, an emeritus and charity ball | ||||||
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| 1 | chairperson of the Fideliter Club, and an auxiliary member of | ||||||
| 2 | Sherman Hospital; in addition, she is a member and has served | ||||||
| 3 | as banquet chairperson of the Wesley United Methodist Church; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Caren Nickelsen is a member of the Elgin Symphony | ||||||
| 6 | Orchestra 50th Anniversary Gala committee and has volunteered | ||||||
| 7 | for the Jayne Shover Easter Seal telethon for many years; she | ||||||
| 8 | served as the chair for many YMCA events, including the Leader | ||||||
| 9 | Luncheon and individual awards; she is a member of the Larkin | ||||||
| 10 | Parents's Association and the Elgin Academy Board of Trustees, | ||||||
| 11 | and serves as an instructor for the YMCA Indochinese Refugee | ||||||
| 12 | Program - English as a Second Language; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, In addition to her voluminous body of volunteer | ||||||
| 14 | work, Caren Nickelsen works with her husband in his long-time | ||||||
| 15 | Elgin pediatric practice; she is a caring mother to three adult | ||||||
| 16 | children and a proud grandmother, fundraiser, and friend; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Caren Nickelsen's devotion, dedication, | ||||||
| 18 | leadership skills, giving and unselfish nature, wisdom, and | ||||||
| 19 | ability to succeed make her supremely qualified for both the | ||||||
| 20 | Woman of the Year Award and the respect of the people of the | ||||||
| 21 | State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
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| 1 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 2 | congratulate Caren Nickelsen on the occasion of being named as | ||||||
| 3 | the Woman of the Year by the Altrusa International Club of | ||||||
| 4 | Elgin and wish her continued success and happiness in the | ||||||
| 5 | future; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Caren Nickelsen as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 8 | respect.
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