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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In 1985, the Will-Grundy Medical Society | ||||||
3 | recognized the need to create an organized system to provide | ||||||
4 | health care to those without insurance or the ability to obtain | ||||||
5 | even the most basic healthcare; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Medical Society and a group of Will County and | ||||||
7 | Grundy County
community leaders conceived the idea of a "free | ||||||
8 | clinic"; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Will-Grundy Medical Clinic was officially | ||||||
10 | organized and chartered in 1987 and opened its doors in March | ||||||
11 | of 1988 to provide health and dental care to
uninsured and | ||||||
12 | underserved residents in the two-county area; and
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13 | WHEREAS, During the last 25 years, hundreds of volunteer | ||||||
14 | physicians, dentists, nurses,
hygienists, and other medical | ||||||
15 | professionals have joined with thousands of
other volunteers to | ||||||
16 | provide their services to clinic patients; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers, Presence | ||||||
18 | St. Joseph Medical Center,
Silver Cross Hospital, and more | ||||||
19 | recently Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital have
been outstanding | ||||||
20 | partners in support of the clinic's work providing millions of | ||||||
21 | dollars of contributed services to the treatment of
patients; |
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1 | and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The clinic has enjoyed the financial support of | ||||||
3 | the United Way of Will
County, the United Way of Grundy County, | ||||||
4 | Joliet Township Government,
the Holly Club of Joliet, hundreds | ||||||
5 | of local businesses, numerous social and
civic organizations, | ||||||
6 | and thousands of individual contributors; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Over the last 25 years, the Clinic has treated | ||||||
8 | thousands of patients, providing
healing and hope with | ||||||
9 | treatment and services that have an estimated value of
$92.2 | ||||||
10 | million; in the last 25 years there have been 5 directors and 2 | ||||||
11 | interim directors; the 2 interim directors were Elaine Griffin | ||||||
12 | and Fran Burkey; the directors have been Sr. Lucille Adelmann, | ||||||
13 | Marianne Gallagher, Jean Roach, Sandra Cowgill, and the current | ||||||
14 | director J.D. Ross; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
16 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
17 | we recognize the volunteers and staff of the Will-Grundy | ||||||
18 | Medical Clinic and congratulate them on 25 years of outstanding | ||||||
19 | service to residents within the city of Joliet and surrounding | ||||||
20 | two-county area; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | presented to the Will-Grundy Medical Clinic as an expression of |
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1 | our esteem and respect.
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