Full Text of HR1108 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Bruce Rasey on the
| 4 | | occasion of his retirement as executive director of the Howard | 5 | | Area Community Center; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Howard Area Community Center is a social | 7 | | service agency providing free
education, employment, and | 8 | | health assistance programs for community members of the greater
| 9 | | Rogers Park area of Chicago; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Howard Area Community Center is a | 11 | | collaboration of donors, community
members, and service | 12 | | providers that provide often life-sustaining services; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Rasey spent 30 years holding senior | 14 | | leadership roles in the human services
sector before assuming | 15 | | the position of executive director of the Howard Area Community | 16 | | Center in 2010; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Rasey led over 100 staff members and oversaw | 18 | | 40 individual programs within four
agency divisions; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Under Bruce Rasey's leadership, the Howard Area | 20 | | Community Center overcame
the multi-year Illinois budget |
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| 1 | | crisis; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, During the Howard Area Community Center's 50th | 3 | | anniversary year, Bruce Rasey
led the organization to a record | 4 | | breaking year of fundraising in 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Rasey guided the Howard Area Community | 6 | | Center through seven years of sustained growth and | 7 | | forward-thinking
leadership, which positioned them as one of | 8 | | the most responsive community organizations in the
greater | 9 | | Rogers Park area of Chicago; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Rasey received a Bachelor of Arts in | 11 | | Political Science from Western Illinois
University and a Master | 12 | | of Science in Community Mental Health from Northern Illinois
| 13 | | University; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Rasey and his wife, Marion, plan to move to | 15 | | Florida, where they will spend
their well-deserved retirement | 16 | | enjoying the warm weather; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Bruce Rasey on
his retirement as executive | 20 | | director of the Howard Area Community Center, and we wish him | 21 | | the
best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Bruce Rasey as an expression
of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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