Full Text of HR0384 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The West Suburban Special Recreation Association | 3 | | exists to provide recreation and leisure services for the | 4 | | residents of the WSSRA partners who have a disability; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Gbur has contributed 28 years of service to | 6 | | its participants, families, staff, and board members; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Gbur has been an integral part of the | 8 | | growth of WSSRA since its inception in 1976; during her tenure, | 9 | | the association has grown from two districts, the River Forest | 10 | | Park District and the Park District of Oak Park, to include the | 11 | | Park Districts of North Berwyn, Berwyn, Elmwood Park, Franklin | 12 | | Park, Norridge, Clyde, Hawthorne, and Harwood Heights; during | 13 | | this time, the association's participation in programs grew and | 14 | | support staff were recruited, trained, and hired by Gbur to | 15 | | provide direct support to the participants in the Association's | 16 | | year-round programs; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1989, Sandra Gbur returned to WSSRA to replace | 18 | | John McGovern as the association's Executive Director; she | 19 | | brought with her a historical record of the beginnings of WSSRA | 20 | | and was motivated to assist the Board and staff in providing | 21 | | quality therapeutic recreation to individuals of all ages and | 22 | | ability levels; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Gbur assisted in the growth of Lekotek, a | 2 | | play intervention program and toy-lending library that sets | 3 | | WSSRA apart from its peers; she received the National Lekotek | 4 | | Foundation Founder's Award in 2004 in recognition of her work | 5 | | to promote this wonderful play-based program; she remains an | 6 | | advocate of Lekotek, especially this last year, as the State of | 7 | | Illinois has reduced funding for the program; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Gbur assisted in the development of many | 9 | | cooperative events that connected the WSSRA communities, | 10 | | participants, and families to be a part of the WSSRA family, | 11 | | including the eight-year run of the Fairy Tale trail-accessible | 12 | | Halloween house, where she could be found announcing, | 13 | | directing, or dressing as one of the 16 costume characters; the | 14 | | 13-year run of the Wacky Quacky Duck Splash, where she could be | 15 | | found recruiting at local parades with the duck mascot at her | 16 | | side; and the Derby Gala, one of WSSRA's most successful | 17 | | fundraising events, where Sandy could be found donning the | 18 | | latest fashionable Derby hat while raising over $300,000 in the | 19 | | 10-year history of the event; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, When Sandra Gbur's parents passed away, she | 21 | | created and made the first contribution to an endowment | 22 | | administered by the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation | 23 | | in her parents' memory; the Flo and Jo Murray Endowment |
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| 1 | | provides funding to the West Suburban Special Recreation | 2 | | Foundation on an ongoing basis; the funds assist WSSRA in | 3 | | serving persons with disabilities of all ages in recreation | 4 | | programs; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, During her 35 years in the field of therapeutic | 6 | | recreation, which includes her 28 years of service to WSSRA, | 7 | | Sandra Gbur promoted the profession and advocated for its | 8 | | growth through her work with the Illinois Therapeutic | 9 | | Recreation Section of the Illinois Parks and Recreation | 10 | | Association (IPRA); in 1992, she received the "IPRA President's | 11 | | Award"; she was the recipient of the ITRS "Distinguished | 12 | | Service Award" in 2002 and the ITRS Director's Award in 2006; | 13 | | she has also served as president of the Special Recreation | 14 | | Association of Northern Illinois; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 2003, Sandra Gbur and her colleagues became a | 16 | | driving force in the passage of Senate Bill 1881, which affords | 17 | | every Special Recreation Association in Illinois the ability to | 18 | | increase their taxing power and provide more recreation | 19 | | services for persons with disabilities across the State; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 | | we honor Sandra Gbur for her 28 years of service to the WSSRA |
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| 1 | | Board of Directors, congratulate her for her 22 years of | 2 | | dedicated service as the board's Executive Director, and thank | 3 | | her for her ongoing commitment to the recreational interests of | 4 | | those with special needs in Forest Park, Berwyn, Cicero, | 5 | | Elmwood Park, Harwood Heights, Franklin Park, Norridge, Oak | 6 | | Park, and River Forest; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Sandra Gbur as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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