Full Text of HR0132 95th General Assembly
HR0132 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 |
| Glendale Heights Junior Women's Club on the occasion of the | 5 |
| 25th anniversary of the organization; and
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| WHEREAS, In March of 1982 a group of 12 women got together | 7 |
| to form a woman's club in Glendale Heights; the first | 8 |
| fundraiser was a garage sale, and the first service project was | 9 |
| serving punch and cake while giving tours at the dedication of | 10 |
| the Glenside Public Library; 20 years later the club members | 11 |
| returned to the library to serve punch and cake at the | 12 |
| rededication of the library; and
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| WHEREAS, The Glendale Heights Junior Women's Club is a | 14 |
| non-profit club consisting of members from Glendale Heights and | 15 |
| surrounding communities; the members now hold three | 16 |
| fundraisers a year, the Candlelight Bowl in February, the Bingo | 17 |
| Tent at Glendale Heights Fest in July, and a Craft/Auction | 18 |
| dinner in October to help needy families and organizations in | 19 |
| the area; and
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| WHEREAS, Beneficiaries of the club's fundraising efforts | 21 |
| include helping needy individuals like Kyle Frankiewicz, a | 22 |
| child that needed a lung transplant; in addition they help |
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| organizations such as DUCAP, a teen outreach organization, TLC | 2 |
| Camp (for terminally ill children and their siblings), Glen | 3 |
| Oaks Hospital, Glendale Heights Attack on America Relief Fund, | 4 |
| and Operation Smile; in addition the club aids a member who has | 5 |
| an organization to help area homeless veterans; the club gives | 6 |
| scholarships once a year to a needy and worthy recipient and | 7 |
| works with the Miss DuPage and Miss Western Suburbs scholarship | 8 |
| program, by helping out with the contest by being judges and | 9 |
| floor people; and
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| WHEREAS, The Glendale Heights Junior Women are Chamber of | 11 |
| Commerce members, members of the Character Counts Coalition, | 12 |
| sponsors of the Adopt-A-Highway program, participants in the | 13 |
| Glen Oaks Hospital Health and Safety Fair, and they serve food | 14 |
| at the National Night Out event; the club was also the | 15 |
| recipient of the 2006 Chamber of Commerce Community Service | 16 |
| Award; and
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| WHEREAS, The Glendale Heights Junior Women's Club is a | 18 |
| member of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs and the | 19 |
| General Federation of Women's Clubs, an international women's | 20 |
| volunteer service group; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 |
| congratulate the members of the Glendale Heights Junior Women's |
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| Club on the 25th anniversary of their organization; and be it | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to a representative of the Glendale Heights Junior | 5 |
| Women's Club as a symbol of our esteem.
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