Full Text of HR0184 98th General Assembly
HR0184 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize the Joliet Area | 4 | | Community Hospice on the occasion of its 30th anniversary; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Joliet Area Community Hospice is a | 6 | | not-for-profit hospice established in 1982 under the tutelage | 7 | | of Rosemary Bowe, the first executive director; it has served | 8 | | over 21,000 terminally-ill persons, their loved ones, and | 9 | | caregivers with dignity in the counties of Will, Grundy, and | 10 | | Kendall along with parts of Cook, DuPage, and Kankakee; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, 1986 saw the Joliet Area Community Hospice receive | 12 | | full licensing from the State of Illinois Department of Public | 13 | | Health and Mary Jo Smith named the second executive director; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Duane Krieger became the Joliet Area Community | 16 | | Hospice's third executive director in 1992; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The Joliet Area Community Hospice opened the first | 18 | | free-standing hospice home in the State of Illinois on May 4, | 19 | | 2004; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Joliet Area Community Hospice has an |
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| 1 | | established pediatric program dedicated to serving infants, | 2 | | children, and their families; it has a Pride, Honor, and | 3 | | Dignity Veterans Hospice program; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Joliet Area Community Hospice receives | 5 | | financial support from the United Way of Will County, the | 6 | | United Way of Grundy County, and thousands of individuals, | 7 | | business owners, and social and civic organizations; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The current CEO of the Joliet Area Community | 9 | | Hospice, Rick Kasper, took over in 2009; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we recognize the Joliet Area Community Hospice on the 30th | 13 | | anniversary of its founding and thank the administrators and | 14 | | employees past and present for the compassionate and valuable | 15 | | services they provide; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the Joliet Area Community Hospice as an expression | 18 | | of our esteem and respect.
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