Full Text of HR0322 100th General Assembly
HR0322 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0322 | | LRB100 12402 MST 25199 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Suzan Nash on her | 4 | | retirement from Community Action after 38 years of service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Suzan Nash started with the Western Illinois | 6 | | Regional Council as an intern in 1978 and has dedicated her | 7 | | life to fighting the war on poverty and meeting the
needs of | 8 | | the less fortunate; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Suzan Nash became the first female director of a | 10 | | regional planning agency in Illinois in
1981 when she assumed | 11 | | the leadership of the Western Illinois Regional Council; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Suzan Nash established the Western Illinois | 13 | | Regional Council as a Community Action
Agency in 1982; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Suzan Nash, the Western | 15 | | Illinois Regional Council established the
Victim Services | 16 | | Program, providing free and confidential services in a safe | 17 | | environment for survivors of domestic violence and sexual | 18 | | assault in Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, and Warren Counties; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has served on the boards of the |
| | | HR0322 | - 2 - | LRB100 12402 MST 25199 r |
|
| 1 | | Illinois Association of Regional Councils and the National | 2 | | Association of Development Organizations Midwest Region; she | 3 | | served on the Board of the Illinois
Association of Community | 4 | | Action Agencies for over 10 years, most recently
serving as | 5 | | vice-chair; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has been an active member of her | 7 | | community; she served as a Radio
Information Services reader, a | 8 | | Youth Assistance Program founding board member, a Quality of | 9 | | Life
committee member, YMCA president and board member, a | 10 | | McDonough County United Way
volunteer and campaign chair, and | 11 | | as the finance chair at St. Paul Parish; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has received the Macomb Feminists | 13 | | Network "Writing Women into
History Award", and the Western | 14 | | Illinois University Department of Parks, Recreation and | 15 | | Tourism
Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | congratulate Suzan Nash on her retirement from Community Action | 19 | | after 38 years of service and we wish her well in her | 20 | | retirement and with all future endeavors; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Suzan Nash as an expression of our esteem and |
| | | HR0322 | - 3 - | LRB100 12402 MST 25199 r |
|
| 1 | | respect.
|
|