Full Text of HR1371 95th General Assembly
HR1371 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Donna and Leonard Harris, | 4 |
| co-owners of Chatham Foods Center in Chicago, for 21 years of | 5 |
| dedicated service to their community; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna and Leonard Harris have owned and operated | 7 |
| the Chatham Food Center, located in the Chatham Neighborhood on | 8 |
| the south side of Chicago, since 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, After receiving his bachelor's degree in | 10 |
| accounting and becoming a Certified Public Accountant, Leonard | 11 |
| Harris accepted a position with Food Basket Certified Grocery | 12 |
| Store in 1973, working closely with the owner, Mr. Ernest T. | 13 |
| Collins; over the following five years, he also worked at the | 14 |
| other Collins chain stores located at 79th & Yates and 103rd & | 15 |
| King Drive in Chicago; Mr. Collins served as young Mr. Harris' | 16 |
| mentor, advising him to invest in the business; Mr. Collins' | 17 |
| advice inspired Mr. Harris to acquire 11 percent of the | 18 |
| business and become an officer in the Food Basket Grocery | 19 |
| chain, eventually serving as Vice President and President; and
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| WHEREAS, After a time as friends, Donna and Leonard Harris | 21 |
| formulated their friendship into a business partnership and | 22 |
| opened their first store, the Harbor Food Center, Inc. in East |
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| Chicago, Indiana, in 1980; two years later, in 1982, they got | 2 |
| married; Donna Harris brought retail experience into their | 3 |
| partnership, having worked at Jewel Foods in several | 4 |
| capacities; together, they maintained and operated the Harbor | 5 |
| Food Center until 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1987, Donna and Leonard Harris acquired the | 7 |
| Chatham Food Center; the two have been major stakeholders in | 8 |
| the Chatham community for 19 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Together, Donna and Leonard Harris have acquired | 10 |
| many recognitions, including the Rainbow PUSH Coalition | 11 |
| Business of the Year, the Shell Academy Community Mentoring | 12 |
| Award, the WVON Kwanzaa Community Leadership and Service Award, | 13 |
| the Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce Eliose Johnson Award, the | 14 |
| Chesterfield Community Council Business Leadership Award, and | 15 |
| the Chatham Avalon Park Business of the Year; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Donna and Leonard Harris' entrepreneurial spirit | 17 |
| and long-term commitment to their community serves as an | 18 |
| inspiration to the citizens of the State of Illinois; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| honor Donna and Leonard Harris, co-owners of Chatham Foods |
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| Center in Chicago, for 21 years of dedicated service to their | 2 |
| community and wish them continued success and happiness in the | 3 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to Donna and Leonard Harris as a symbol of our esteem | 6 |
| and respect.
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