Full Text of HR0153 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 40th anniversary of the | 4 | | Glen Ellyn Area Alumnae Chapter (GEAAC) of Delta Sigma Theta | 5 | | Sorority, Inc. on February 18, 2017; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, GEAAC is a group of college educated women who | 7 | | hold various careers, and who work together as
an organization | 8 | | to enrich the lives of others; they have awarded hundreds of
| 9 | | college scholarships to deserving young men and women seeking | 10 | | to further their education; they have provided countless hours | 11 | | of community service, using their collective talents and | 12 | | resources to provide free
programs, assistance, and services | 13 | | throughout the western suburbs of Chicago; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, GEAAC was conceived over brown bag lunches at | 15 | | Irving
School in Maywood in 1976; it was chartered in January | 16 | | of 1977 by 24 women and now has over 250 members; it serves the | 17 | | western suburbs of Chicago,
including towns in Cook, DuPage, | 18 | | Kane, Kendall, Will, and DeKalb counties; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, During the early years, some of GEAAC's public | 20 | | service projects included, food baskets for families in need at
| 21 | | Thanksgiving and Christmas, weekly story hour at Loyola's | 22 | | Children's Hospital, serving and assisting in
shelters, Toy |
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| 1 | | Disco, assistance at the Baptist Nursing Home, book drives, | 2 | | compiling and submitting lists of
African-American books to | 3 | | public schools, and contributions to the DuPage County NAACP; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The first major
fundraiser for GEAAC was a talent | 6 | | competition in 1979 known as Miss Jabberwock; over the years | 7 | | programs, outreach, and community partnerships have been | 8 | | expanded
to help meet the needs of the community, including | 9 | | hosting the Mental Health
Resource Fair and community | 10 | | discussions at Riveredge Hospital; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded on | 12 | | January 13, 1913 as a non-profit organization whose purpose is | 13 | | to
provide assistance and support through established programs | 14 | | in local communities throughout the world; a sisterhood of more | 15 | | than 300,000 predominately Black college-educated women; it | 16 | | currently has over
1,000 chapters located in the United States, | 17 | | England, Japan, Germany, the Virgin
Islands, Bermuda, the | 18 | | Bahamas, and the Republic of Korea; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | recognize the 40th anniversary of the Glen Ellyn Area Alumnae | 22 | | Chapter (GEAAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and we | 23 | | wish them many more successful years; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to GEAAC as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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