Full Text of HR0300 94th General Assembly
HR0300 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Joliet Area/South Suburban Alumnae Chapter of | 3 |
| the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., has received a Disney | 4 |
| Hand Minnie Grant; and
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| WHEREAS, The Sorority was one of 75 winners chosen from | 6 |
| over 400 applicants from across the nation; the grant is | 7 |
| administered by Youth Service America and funded by Disney, and | 8 |
| is used to underwrite youth service projects for National Youth | 9 |
| Service Day; and
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| WHEREAS, The young ladies who participate in Delta Academy | 11 |
| (middle school) and My D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. (high school) will visit | 12 |
| Jones Memorial Community Center in Chicago Heights on Saturday, | 13 |
| April 16, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, They will participate in literacy and arts | 15 |
| activities with 150 students from grades Pre-K thru Sixth; the | 16 |
| girls, along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., members and | 17 |
| other volunteers will read stories to students and will also | 18 |
| help them create their own stories; a parent workshop for | 19 |
| approximately 50 parents will also occur that day; this project | 20 |
| addresses the importance of literacy and the arts for | 21 |
| disadvantaged families in the Chicago Heights community; and
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| WHEREAS, The goals of National Youth Service Day are to | 23 |
| mobilize youths as leaders to identify and address the needs of | 24 |
| their communities through service and service-learning, to | 25 |
| support youth on a lifelong path of service and civic | 26 |
| engagement, and to educate the public, the media, and | 27 |
| policymakers about the year-round contributions of young | 28 |
| people as community leaders; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 30 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we recognize National Youth Service Day by encouraging youth to | 2 |
| participate in civic and community service projects and commend | 3 |
| the volunteer efforts of the young ladies in Delta Academy, My | 4 |
| D.E.S.T.I.N.Y., and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; we | 5 |
| support these efforts as an investment in the future of our | 6 |
| State and the nation; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the young ladies in Delta Academy, My | 9 |
| D.E.S.T.I.N.Y., and the Joliet Area/South Suburban Alumnae | 10 |
| Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. as an | 11 |
| expression of our admiration.
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