Full Text of HR0504 97th 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 | | Nineteenth Century Charitable Association of Oak Park on the | 5 | | occasion of the organization's 120th anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association | 7 | | (formerly known as the Nineteenth Century Club) was founded in | 8 | | 1891 by local women to serve the members of the local | 9 | | community; these women were trendsetters who fought for women's | 10 | | rights and created organizations to help families, such as | 11 | | travelling libraries, the Infant Welfare Society, the Oak Park | 12 | | River Forest Day Care Nursery, the Oak Park Mental Health | 13 | | Association (now known as the THRIVE Counseling Center), and | 14 | | adult education and continued learning programs; the mission | 15 | | continues to support these needs in the 21st century; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association of | 17 | | Oak Park is actively focused on learning and giving to their | 18 | | local community through support of nonprofit organizations' | 19 | | projects, awarding four-year scholarships to local students, | 20 | | sewing and knitting clothing for children, premature infants, | 21 | | and soldiers, and offering adult education programs to the | 22 | | community; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Over the last 120 years, the Nineteenth Century | 2 | | Charitable Association of Oak Park has supported over 2,400 | 3 | | donations to community organizations and social services | 4 | | organizations in the community, 1,000 scholarships to local | 5 | | students, sewn and knit 55,000 garments for children, premature | 6 | | infants, soldiers, and those in need from national disasters, | 7 | | and offered 6,500 cultural and educational programs that | 8 | | promote continuing adult learning; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association of | 10 | | Oak Park built and maintained a building that enhances the | 11 | | historic character of Oak Park and its community and has | 12 | | offered 85 years of sharing its building at 178 Forest Avenue | 13 | | with the community for innumerable community meetings and use | 14 | | by a myriad of not-for profit, government, and public service | 15 | | organizations for everything from voting to wartime efforts; | 16 | | 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 the members of the Nineteenth Century | 20 | | Charitable Association of Oak Park on the occasion of the | 21 | | organization's 120th anniversary and wish them continued | 22 | | success and happiness in the future; and be it further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association of | 2 | | Oak Park as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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