Full Text of HR0445 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Charles "Charlie" | 4 | | Martinez of Chicago for being the first ever recipient of the | 5 | | Direct Energy and Tribune Media Group's Chicago Volunteer | 6 | | Citizen of the year award; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award is | 8 | | designed to recognize those citizens in the Chicago area that | 9 | | go above and beyond for their communities; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Six years ago, Dr. Martinez and his boyhood | 11 | | friend, the late George Maltezos, decided to start a free | 12 | | primary care clinic on the belief that all people, regardless | 13 | | of socio-economic status, have the right to quality health | 14 | | care; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, While most people in their 70s are thinking about | 16 | | retirement, instead, Dr. Martinez, a former nuclear medicine | 17 | | specialist, volunteers 5 days a week, mostly 8 hours per day, | 18 | | at the Old Irving Park Community Clinic, by leading the medical | 19 | | staff, networking within the community to obtain free tests and | 20 | | specialist referrals, and advocating and offering advice for | 21 | | patients, which numbered more than 3,000, free of cost last | 22 | | year; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Martinez will be honored on June 18, 2013 at | 2 | | the Tribune Tower in recognition of his service to his | 3 | | community; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate and honor Dr. Charles Martinez for being an | 7 | | outstanding volunteer and for being the recipient of the first | 8 | | ever Direct Energy and Tribune Media Group's Chicago Volunteer | 9 | | Citizen of the Year award; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Dr. Charles Martinez as a symbol of our respect | 12 | | and esteem.
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