Full Text of HR0167 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Calumet City Lions | 4 | | Club as it celebrates its 75th year of community service; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Calumet City Lions Club was chartered on | 6 | | October 16, 1939; it is part of Lions Clubs International,
the | 7 | | world's largest service organization with more than 1.3 million
| 8 | | members worldwide; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Since its founding, the Calumet City Lions Club | 10 | | has collected in excess of $1.5 million to
assist the blind, | 11 | | visually handicapped, deaf, and hearing impaired, in addition | 12 | | to
many other worthy local community projects; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, 21 club members have been recognized as Melvin | 14 | | Jones Fellows, the
highest honor in Lionism, and 3 members have | 15 | | served as Governor of District
1-A, home of the Lionism | 16 | | movement that was started in downtown Chicago in
1917; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Current club members, both male and female, range | 18 | | in age from 22 to
98, and, as a group, have accumulated more | 19 | | than 1,000 years of service as Lions; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 | | congratulate the
members of the Calumet City Illinois Lions | 3 | | Club on their admirable achievements
of service and their 75th | 4 | | year of community service; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the Calumet
City Lions Club as a symbol of our | 7 | | esteem and respect.
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