Full Text of HR0779 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Jaime Garcia on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as executive director of the Centro | 5 | | de Información; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Centro de Información, a not-for-profit social | 7 | | services agency, has been serving the Hispanic community in | 8 | | and around Elgin for 50 years; the agency provides immigration | 9 | | and naturalization services, employment aid, parenting skills | 10 | | classes, an emergency food pantry, educational seminars, and | 11 | | additional services to the Kane County area; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jaime Garcia has been involved with the Centro de | 13 | | Información since its inception on March 21, 1972; while | 14 | | working part-time with the United Methodist churches in Elgin, | 15 | | he partnered with Reverend Ivan Rivera of the St. Joseph | 16 | | Catholic Church to pool resources and start an organization to | 17 | | assist the estimated 5,000 Latinos living in the Elgin area at | 18 | | the time; their then all-volunteer organization opened with no | 19 | | funding in a small, one-room office offered to them by Club | 20 | | Guadalupano in what is now the Elgin Senior Services building; | 21 | | their organization opened every Tuesday afternoon and evening, | 22 | | offering information, referrals, and advocacy; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jaime Garcia has served the Centro de Información | 2 | | in every capacity, as a volunteer for 35 years and as executive | 3 | | director for the past 15 years; during his tenure, the Centro | 4 | | de Información has grown to include 16 paid staff members, a | 5 | | budget of more than $1 million, and three offices located in | 6 | | Elgin, Carpentersville, and Hanover Park; since taking the | 7 | | reins as executive director, the agency has assisted | 8 | | approximately 150,000 individuals; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jaime Garcia will retire on June 30, 2022; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Jaime Garcia on his retirement from the Centro | 14 | | de Información, recognize his commitment to the Kane County | 15 | | community and the State of Illinois, and wish him success in | 16 | | his future endeavors; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Jaime Garcia as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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