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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Calumet City Lions
4Club as it celebrates its 75th year of community service; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Calumet City Lions Club was chartered on
6October 16, 1939; it is part of Lions Clubs International, the
7world's largest service organization with more than 1.3 million
8members worldwide; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Since its founding, the Calumet City Lions Club
10has collected in excess of $1.5 million to assist the blind,
11visually handicapped, deaf, and hearing impaired, in addition
12to many other worthy local community projects; and
 
13    WHEREAS, 21 club members have been recognized as Melvin
14Jones Fellows, the highest honor in Lionism, and 3 members have
15served as Governor of District 1-A, home of the Lionism
16movement that was started in downtown Chicago in 1917; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Current club members, both male and female, range
18in age from 22 to 98, and, as a group, have accumulated more
19than 1,000 years of service as Lions; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
2congratulate the members of the Calumet City Illinois Lions
3Club on their admirable achievements of service and their 75th
4year of community service; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to the Calumet City Lions Club as a symbol of our
7esteem and respect.