Full Text of HR0792 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the members of Kiwanis | 4 | | International on the occasion of the organization's 100th | 5 | | anniversary in 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kiwanis International originated in August of | 7 | | 1914 in Detroit, Michigan from a conversation between Allen S. | 8 | | Browne and Joseph G. Prance; Browne's idea was to solicit | 9 | | business and professional men asking them if they would be | 10 | | interested in organizing a fraternal organization with a health | 11 | | benefit feature; Browne and Prance set out and recruited enough | 12 | | members to apply to the state for a non-profit status; the | 13 | | State of Michigan approved the application on January 21, 1915 | 14 | | and the Supreme Lodge Benevolent Order Brothers was formed; the | 15 | | organization's name was changed to Kiwanis a year later; by | 16 | | 1927, the organization had more than 100,000 members; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Kiwanis International is a volunteer-led | 18 | | organization based in 7 regions: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada | 19 | | and Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the | 20 | | United States and Pacific Canada; there are nearly 600,000 | 21 | | members in Kiwanis and the organization annually raises more | 22 | | than $100 million, sponsors nearly 150,000 service projects, | 23 | | and reports over 18 million volunteer hours to strengthen |
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| 1 | | communities and serve children; Kiwanis also sponsors about | 2 | | 7,000 youth service clubs with nearly 320,000 youth members; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Kiwanis International's original motto was "We | 5 | | Trade"; a new motto of "We Build" was adopted during the 1920 | 6 | | International Convention and represented Kiwanis for more than | 7 | | 80 years; the current motto, adopted in 2005, is "Serving the | 8 | | Children of the World"; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Women constitute about 26% of total members in | 10 | | Kiwanis International; at the 2013 International Convention, | 11 | | Sue Petrisin was elected to serve as the organization's first | 12 | | female international vice president; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Kiwanis International is the founder and major | 14 | | supporter of Key Club International, which was started in | 15 | | Sacramento, California in 1925; Key Club is the oldest and | 16 | | largest service program for high school students in the world; | 17 | | as of 2010, Key Club had 250,000 members in 5,000 clubs in 30 | 18 | | nations; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The members of Kiwanis International serve as | 20 | | models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the people | 21 | | of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate the members of Kiwanis International on the | 4 | | occasion of the organization's 100th anniversary and wish them | 5 | | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Kiwanis International as a symbol of our esteem | 9 | | and respect.
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