Full Text of SR0786 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Becky Cook Kendall on the occasion of her | 4 | | retirement as executive director of the Rockford Regional | 5 | | Health Council after 16 years; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Rockford Regional Health Council, located | 7 | | within the University of Illinois College of Medicine | 8 | | Rockford, is a 42-year-old nonprofit organization that works | 9 | | to improve community health through data collection and | 10 | | analysis, education, outreach, and advocacy; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Over the past 16 years, Becky Cook Kendall | 12 | | spearheaded a number of initiatives for the Rockford Regional | 13 | | Health Council, including the Changing Hearts initiative, | 14 | | which addressed health disparities in minority communities | 15 | | with a focus on hypertension through implementing a program | 16 | | that helped bring blood pressure screenings and heart health | 17 | | education to hundreds of participants and assisted in building | 18 | | trust between minority communities and health care workers; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Through the Rockford Regional Health Council, | 21 | | Becky Cook Kendall helped establish a Rockford Public Schools | 22 | | dentistry program by bringing together health care providers |
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| 1 | | and other community groups to implement a school-based program | 2 | | that provided access to dental care and preventive services to | 3 | | students, resulting in roughly 10,000 students receiving | 4 | | screenings and oral health care; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Under Becky Cook Kendall's guidance, the Rockford | 6 | | Regional Health Council successfully supported and obtained a | 7 | | half-cent sales tax increase in Winnebago County, resulting in | 8 | | nearly $20 million in revenue going towards assisting | 9 | | community mental health related services and programs; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Prior to leading the Rockford Regional Health | 11 | | Council, Becky Cook Kendall worked for Joseph Behr & Sons from | 12 | | 1970 to 1984 and served as vice president of community | 13 | | investment for the United Way of Rock River Valley from 1993 to | 14 | | 2007; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Becky Cook Kendall will be honored for her years | 16 | | of service to the Rockford Regional Health Council at the | 17 | | University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford on March | 18 | | 22, 2024; therefore, be it | 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Becky | 21 | | Cook Kendall on her retirement as executive director of the | 22 | | Rockford Regional Health Council, and we recognize her |
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| 1 | | commitment to serving the communities of the City of Rockford | 2 | | and Winnebago County; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to congratulate Becky Cook Kendall as an expression | 5 | | of our esteem and respect. |
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