Full Text of HR0048 95th General Assembly
HR0048 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On January 30, 2007, the 2007 NuStep Pinnacle | 3 |
| Award for excellence in senior wellness/fitness programming | 4 |
| will be presented to Mather's-More Than a Cafe; and
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| WHEREAS, Mather's-More Than a Cafe is owned and operated by | 6 |
| Mather LifeWays; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Mather LifeWays, based in Evanston, was founded in | 8 |
| 1941 by humanitarian Alonzo Mather; Mather LifeWays is a | 9 |
| not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing ways to age | 10 |
| well; Mather LifeWays is dedicated to making neighborhoods | 11 |
| better places for older adults to live, work, learn, | 12 |
| contribute, and play; Mather LifeWays identifies, implements, | 13 |
| and shares the best practices for wellness, workforce issues, | 14 |
| memory care support, and empowering caregivers; and
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| WHEREAS, Mather's-More Than a Cafe is a destination where | 16 |
| older adults can enjoy food, lifelong learning programs, and | 17 |
| classes focused on well-being; and
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| WHEREAS, The NuStep Pinnacle Award honors a fitness or | 19 |
| wellness center that demonstrates creativity, innovation, and | 20 |
| commitment to transform the lives of people and promote optimal | 21 |
| health; and
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| WHEREAS, Mather's-More Than a Cafe is located on 83rd | 2 |
| Street on the South Side of Chicago; it provides wellness | 3 |
| education in six dimensions: physical, social, emotional, | 4 |
| vocational, spiritual, and intellectual; people can enjoy a | 5 |
| healthy, freshly-prepared meal, a museum outing, computer | 6 |
| classes, jazzercise, line dancing, yoga, or tai chi classes in | 7 |
| a comfortable sitting; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| congratulate Mather LifeWays and Mather's-More Than a Cafe on | 11 |
| receiving the 2007 NuStep Pinnacle Award; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to Beedie Jones, manager of Mather's-More Than a | 14 |
| Cafe, Randi Klebanoff, manager of wellness initiatives for | 15 |
| Mather LifeWays, and Carla Windhorst, vice president of | 16 |
| community initiatives for Mather LifeWays as a symbol of our | 17 |
| respect.
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