Full Text of HR0028 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Tami Sender, President and CEO of the Greater | 3 | | Joliet YMCA, has been a staff member of the Joliet YMCA for the | 4 | | past 25 years and has had a tremendous positive impact on the | 5 | | community in her roles as a program director and branch | 6 | | director; she became the first female CEO in the Joliet YMCA's | 7 | | history in 2003 and initiated the construction of the first new | 8 | | YMCA in the area in over 28 years; she announced her retirement | 9 | | from the YMCA and retired on December 31, 2010; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The C.W. Avery Family YMCA, located in Plainfield, | 11 | | represents the realization of Tami's vision, dating back to | 12 | | 1995; at that time, she began before and after-school programs | 13 | | in the Plainfield District 202 schools; beginning in three | 14 | | schools, the program, called Kid Zone, today serves over 650 | 15 | | children in 15 schools in Plainfield alone; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Tami put together a plan that allowed the YMCA to | 17 | | swap land with the Board of Education of District 202 and as a | 18 | | part of this plan, the schools and the Y worked out an | 19 | | agreement that provided for continued before and after school | 20 | | programming in the schools; it created a campus concept where | 21 | | the new Y sits adjacent to existing schools and share | 22 | | facilities, land, and services; and it set down guidelines for | 23 | | facility use with both the schools and the park district; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Tami worked with the City of Joliet and Councilman | 2 | | Joe Shetina on a grant for $15,000 that allowed the YMCA to do | 3 | | a community and feasibility study; she worked with Illinois | 4 | | State Representative Tom Cross on a $250,000 State grant for | 5 | | land; she worked with past Plainfield Mayor Dick Rock as well | 6 | | as current Mayor Jim Waldorf to ensure that the needs of the | 7 | | village were being met; and she worked with Superintendent John | 8 | | Harper of District 202 to ensure the long term needs of | 9 | | children and families in the after school program would be met; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In addition, she worked with the Plainfield Park | 12 | | District on a green space agreement that would ensure shared | 13 | | use of community, YMCA, and district land for years to come; | 14 | | she also worked with Provena St. Joseph Medical Center and | 15 | | current CFO Jeff Brickman to partner by providing space for | 16 | | Provena to run physical therapy and rehabilitation services in | 17 | | the new facility; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 2006 the C.W. Avery Family YMCA opened its | 19 | | doors to the community; Tami also overlooked the renaming of | 20 | | the YMCA branch on Briggs Street in Joliet to the Arthur and | 21 | | Vera Smith Family YMCA; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Tami worked from Program Director to Executive |
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| 1 | | Director to President and CEO of the YMCA, and began to focus | 2 | | on the mission of the YMCA, "to provide high quality, values | 3 | | driven programs all of the time to everyone"; during her career | 4 | | she has seen participant numbers increase, facilities have | 5 | | closed, facilities have been renovated, and a new YMCA was | 6 | | built; through her hard work, the Greater Joliet YMCA has | 7 | | continued to grow and become an important part of the | 8 | | community; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2006 Tami was awarded the Association of YMCA | 10 | | Professionals "Director of the Year" award for her | 11 | | achievements; she was chosen by the Women's Bar Association as | 12 | | a "Woman with Vision" in 2003; she was interviewed by CNN | 13 | | Newsmakers in 2007 for her work in Will County; and she was | 14 | | honored by the Greater Joliet YMCA in August of 2009 for her | 15 | | then 25 years of dedicated service to the people of the Greater | 16 | | Joliet area; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate and honor Tami Sender for her hard work and | 20 | | dedication to the people of Joliet, Will County, and the | 21 | | surrounding areas through her years of hard work with the YMCA | 22 | | and wish her the best in her retirement; and be it further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Tami Sender as a symbol of our sincere respect and | 2 | | esteem.
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