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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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| 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 |