Full Text of HR0675 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, Domestic abuse and domestic violence are | 3 | | increasingly recognized as scourges that not only can harm | 4 | | individuals but also can damage and destroy families; its | 5 | | episodes, when they happen, create emotions that reverberate | 6 | | outward onto many other individuals; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Under President/CEO Rebecca Darr, the | 8 | | Chicago-area-centered WINGS Program, Inc. seeks to preempt | 9 | | these emotions by providing housing, education, and advocacy | 10 | | in a package of long-term integrated services for persons who | 11 | | have experienced domestic violence; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The WINGS Program, Inc. is aligned with, and has | 13 | | affiliations with, 162 separate safe housing options for | 14 | | people in and around the Chicagoland area who have experienced | 15 | | domestic violence; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The WINGS Program, Inc., realizing that safe | 17 | | housing is only the beginning for persons who have experienced | 18 | | domestic violence, has created a program of client-centered | 19 | | personal support for these individuals and their loved ones, | 20 | | extending over a targeted period of two years for each client; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The holistic services provided by the WINGS | 2 | | Program, Inc. for persons who have experienced domestic | 3 | | violence can generate new experiences and work with them to | 4 | | build strong people capable of new durable interpersonal | 5 | | relationships, people who will never forget but also never | 6 | | fall back; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Another key to the provision of these holistic | 8 | | services over the time frame for each client that is made | 9 | | necessary by the reality of domestic violence is the | 10 | | coordination of donor relations for persons who are supporters | 11 | | of the WINGS Program, Inc; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, When Rebecca Darr came on board the WINGS | 13 | | Program, Inc., its budget was $350,000; during her time with | 14 | | the WINGS Program, Inc., this sum has grown to $13 million; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, After 21 years as the executive director of the | 16 | | WINGS Program, Inc., Rebecca Darr was named president and CEO | 17 | | of the program in 2020; without her participation and | 18 | | leadership, the program and its clients could never have | 19 | | dreamed of reaching their goals together; therefore, be it | 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we recognize the achievements of President/CEO Rebecca Darr on |
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| 1 | | her 25th anniversary serving in an executive capacity with | 2 | | WINGS Program, Inc.; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That we thank not only President/CEO Rebecca | 4 | | Darr but also the courageous clients of WINGS Program, Inc. | 5 | | and the persons who have donated their time and resources to | 6 | | the program to make it what it has become over the last quarter | 7 | | of a century; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That by expressing our appreciation to | 9 | | President/CEO Rebecca Darr and WINGS Program, Inc., we renew | 10 | | our commitment to reducing and eliminating the scourge of | 11 | | domestic violence in Illinois; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to President/CEO Rebecca Darr as a symbol of our | 14 | | recognition of her leadership and the service provided by | 15 | | WINGS Program, Inc. and its dedicated professionals, allies, | 16 | | donors, and volunteers. |
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