Full Text of HR0452 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 | | Champaign County Committee on Aging on the occasion of the | 5 | | organization's 50th anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Champaign County Committee on Aging was formed | 7 | | in 1961 as a subcommittee of the Welfare Committee of the | 8 | | United Community Council; the Committee was created as the | 9 | | planning and coordinating body for social welfare services for | 10 | | Champaign County; the Committee also served in an advisory | 11 | | capacity to the Champaign County United Fund (now the United | 12 | | Way) and was funded by that agency; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Champaign County Committee on Aging was | 14 | | created mainly through the efforts of Mrs. Helen Harland, who | 15 | | at that time was the Executive Director of Family Service of | 16 | | Champaign County, working cooperatively with Mr. Jack Coyle, | 17 | | who was the Executive Director of the United Fund and United | 18 | | Community Council; Mrs. Harland felt that the aged were being | 19 | | overlooked, under-served, and under-represented by the various | 20 | | service agencies and institutions; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Champaign County Committee on Aging seeks to | 22 | | promote cooperation and communication among all services and |
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| 1 | | organizations interested in the problems and concerns of aging, | 2 | | work toward the development of useful and meaningful needed | 3 | | services for the elderly in Champaign County, and provide | 4 | | public education on the needs of and the services provided for | 5 | | the elderly; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, From the beginning, the Champaign County | 7 | | Committee on Aging's membership has consisted of | 8 | | representatives from numerous social welfare and health | 9 | | agencies, such as Family Service of Champaign County, the | 10 | | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the | 11 | | Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, the Public Housing | 12 | | Authority, and the Social Security Administration, among | 13 | | others; other organizations, such as the Retired Teachers | 14 | | Association, service clubs, certain interested community | 15 | | leaders, consumers of services, and minority groups have also | 16 | | joined the Committee to help those in need; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Champaign County Committee on Aging sponsors | 18 | | numerous programs to benefit the elderly of Champaign County, | 19 | | including the Christmas Parties, the Meals on Wheels program, | 20 | | the Action on Aging research, action, and demonstration | 21 | | project, grocery delivery services, the Senior Talent | 22 | | Employment Pool, and TeleCare; the Committee also sponsors | 23 | | numerous workshops and forums to educate people about issues | 24 | | affecting the elderly in Champaign County; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Champaign County Committee on Aging will | 2 | | celebrate its 50th anniversary with a celebration on June 14, | 3 | | 2011 at Provena Home Care in Champaign; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate the members of the Champaign County Committee | 7 | | on Aging on the occasion of the organization's 50th anniversary | 8 | | and wish them continued success in the future; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the Champaign County Committee on Aging as a | 12 | | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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