Full Text of HR0011 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Good Shepherd | 4 | | Center on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Good Shepherd Center was founded in 1963, at a | 7 | | time when children with developmental disabilities were not | 8 | | provided with needed educational opportunities until the age of | 9 | | 7; Louise Schweinfurth, a graduate of the first class at the | 10 | | prodigious Erickson Institute, founded the Good Shepherd | 11 | | Center to give children with developmental disabilities the | 12 | | extra support they needed early in life to insure better | 13 | | academic success in their future; the first location was a | 14 | | vacant classroom at Good Shepherd Church in Park Forest; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Good Shepherd Center continued to take on more | 16 | | children and added services throughout the years; in 1968, the | 17 | | school received a grant from the State of Illinois to increase | 18 | | the number of children served and needed to move to find more | 19 | | space; it settled in the second floor of Flossmoor Community | 20 | | Church; in the 1970's, the school evolved into an Early | 21 | | Intervention Program that serves children aged birth to 3; | 22 | | programs such as the In-Home Respite Care program, to help give | 23 | | families time to themselves, and Lekotek, to aid in child |
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| 1 | | development through play, were added; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, the Good Shepherd Center expanded its | 3 | | mission to include serving children without development | 4 | | disabilities; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Since 2002, the Good Shepherd Center has added | 6 | | resources for families with Autism, training opportunities and | 7 | | support for day care center and home providers in south | 8 | | suburban Cook County, a Parent Institute Day event to provide | 9 | | information that targets topical issues regarding children | 10 | | with and without developmental disabilities, and pre-school | 11 | | classes; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, the Good Shepherd Center will celebrate | 13 | | the 50th anniversary of its founding and will initiate a new | 14 | | program to provide support for those who need help | 15 | | accomplishing daily tasks, such as bed making, dusting, and | 16 | | vacuuming; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate the Good Shepherd Center on the 50th | 20 | | anniversary of its founding and honor the Center's commitment | 21 | | to making a positive difference in the lives of those who have | 22 | | developmental disabilities and their families; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the Good Shepherd Center as an expression of our | 4 | | esteem and respect.
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