Full Text of HR1123 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Micki R. Chulick on | 4 | | the occasion of her retirement as the Executive Director of | 5 | | Community Coordinated Child Care after 33 years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Micki Chulick is Community Coordinated Child | 7 | | Care's second Executive Director since the agency was founded | 8 | | in 1971; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Under Micki Chulick's leadership, Community | 10 | | Coordinated Child Care has expanded from a small staff serving | 11 | | only DeKalb County to a staff of 42 which serves DeKalb, Ogle, | 12 | | Lee, Whiteside, Carroll, and McHenry Counties; she has been | 13 | | instrumental in the creation of new programs serving young | 14 | | children and their families, including the Child and Adult Care | 15 | | Food Program for family child care providers, child care | 16 | | subsidies, the Family Enrichment Program, and the Child Care | 17 | | Resource and Referral program; she is also a strong advocate | 18 | | for child care funding, encourages child care centers to | 19 | | advance in the Illinois Department of Human Services' quality | 20 | | counts-quality rating system, and engages staff and parents in | 21 | | civic involvement; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Prior to her tenure at Community Coordinated Child |
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| 1 | | Care, Micki Chulick was responsible for the Big Brothers Big | 2 | | Sisters Program at the Family Service Agency in DeKalb; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Micki Chulick has served on several gubernatorial | 4 | | committees, including the Governor's Task Force on Child Care, | 5 | | the Governor's Public/Private Child Care Council, and the State | 6 | | Summit Committee on Child Care; she currently serves on the | 7 | | Illinois Department of Human Services Child Care and | 8 | | Development Advisory Council; she serves as Chair of the | 9 | | Department of Children and Family Service Statewide Advisory | 10 | | Council and serves on the Board of Directors of Illinois Action | 11 | | For Children; she also served as a delegate to President | 12 | | Clinton's Summit for America's Future in 1997; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Micki Chulick is a member of numerous civic and | 14 | | medical organizations, including the Corporate Compliance | 15 | | Committee of Kishwaukee Community Hospital, the DeKalb County | 16 | | Community Service's Advisory Committee, and the Community | 17 | | Works Committee of the DeKalb County Community Foundation; she | 18 | | formerly served as co-chair of the School District #428 | 19 | | Referendum Committee and was a member of the Kishwaukee | 20 | | Community Hospital Board of Directors, the DeKalb County | 21 | | Community Foundation Board of Directors, and the United Way | 22 | | Advisory Council; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Micki Chulick has been the recipient of numerous |
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| 1 | | awards and accolades for her service, including the DeKalb | 2 | | County Business Woman of the Year award, the Illinois | 3 | | Federation of Business Women's Woman of the Year Award, the | 4 | | DeKalb United Way Volunteer of the Year Award, the Illinois | 5 | | Association for the Education of Young Children's Advocate of | 6 | | the Year Award, and the Children's Learning Center Friend of | 7 | | the Child Award; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Micki Chulick has served as a model of creativity, | 9 | | hard work, integrity, and dedication for early childhood | 10 | | education and the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, | 11 | | be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Micki R. Chulick on the occasion of her | 15 | | retirement, thank her for her many years of service to the | 16 | | people of the State of Illinois, and wish her many happy and | 17 | | healthy retirement years; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Micki Chulick as a symbol of our esteem and | 20 | | respect.
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