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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to celebrate the 100th anniversary
4of the Kankakee County Home and Community Education
5Association; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Kankakee County Home and Community Education
7Association was organized as the Home Improvement Association
8as part of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Kankakee County Home and Community Education
10Association was organized to help women with a vision of better
11health for their children, safer and nutritious food for their
12families, a kitchen sink in every home, and the instilling of
13leadership skills to make changes in the community and develop
14more self-confidence in themselves; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Over 10,000 women have participated in the
16Kankakee County Home and Community Education Association in the
17last 100 years; in 1962, the Association's name was changed to
18the Homeowners Extension Association; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The Kankakee County Home and Community Education
20Association has been connected with the University of Illinois
21since the beginning; in 1996, the Association's name was

 

 

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1changed to the Home and Community Education Association;
2therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5recognize the Kankakee County Home and Community Education
6Association for their pioneering role in helping women of
7Illinois to be the best homemakers they can be; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to the Kankakee County Home and Community Education
11Association.