Full Text of HR0307 96th General Assembly
HR0307 96TH 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 |
| Rotary Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise on the occasion of the | 5 |
| organization's 10th anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, The Rotary Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise was | 7 |
| chartered on March 31, 1999; in the past 10 years, the | 8 |
| organization has been involved in many different activities; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, The Rotary Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise has | 11 |
| devoted great amounts of time and effort to its youth exchange | 12 |
| program; the organization has hosted inbound students from | 13 |
| Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Venezuela, South Africa, Taiwan, | 14 |
| Germany, and Columbia; the group has also sent students from | 15 |
| Zion and Benton to other countries, including Denmark, France, | 16 |
| Germany, Brazil, and Taiwan, to experience other cultures; and
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| WHEREAS, The Rotary Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise offers | 18 |
| scholarship opportunities to graduating seniors, including two | 19 |
| 4-year sustaining scholarships of $1,000 per year, a $2,000 | 20 |
| vocational scholarship, and two $1,000 academic scholarships; | 21 |
| each year, the club awards a $100 savings bond to middle school | 22 |
| students who show leadership and volunteerism skills; and
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| WHEREAS, To promote reading in its community, the Rotary | 2 |
| Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise placed a book rack at the Zion | 3 |
| train station, where paperback books are available to | 4 |
| commuters; the club also have provided funding to assist with | 5 |
| many local projects, including Boys & Girls Club, Children's | 6 |
| Dental Clinic, A Safe Place, African American Achievement, | 7 |
| Coalition for Healthy Communities, OLH Youth Ministries, | 8 |
| Methodist Church Appalachian Project, Rebuilding Together, | 9 |
| Partners in Reading, and Wounded Heroes, among many others; and
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| WHEREAS, The Rotary Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise has | 11 |
| sponsored numerous international projects, including a project | 12 |
| with a partner club in Baroda, India, where the club sent | 13 |
| $10,000 to make limb replacements available to children who | 14 |
| otherwise could not afford them; the clinic in Baroda also | 15 |
| helped a school for severely handicapped children with limb | 16 |
| replacements; some of the money was used to purchase sewing | 17 |
| machines to teach the local women a skill they could use to | 18 |
| feed their families; the club also helped to furnish a computer | 19 |
| lab in a township school in Khayelitsha, South Africa; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, The Rotary Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise is | 21 |
| currently working with the Rotary Club of Helderberg to assist | 22 |
| the Eagles Rising Bridging School project in establishing a | 23 |
| computer lab; the project takes young people from disadvantaged |
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| backgrounds who have completed high school and provides them | 2 |
| with a full bridging year away from their destructive | 3 |
| environments; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Rotary Club of Illinois Beach | 5 |
| Sunrise serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication | 6 |
| for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| congratulate the members of the Rotary Club of Illinois Beach | 10 |
| Sunrise on the occasion of the organization's 10th anniversary | 11 |
| and wish them continued success and happiness in the future; | 12 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the Rotary Club of Illinois Beach Sunrise as a | 15 |
| symbol of our esteem and respect.
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