Full Text of HR0616 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Home
Sweet Home | 4 | | Ministries in Bloomington on the occasion of its centennial | 5 | | anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Home Sweet Home Ministries was founded on November | 7 | | 25, 1917 by Billy Shelper, a
local business person who felt | 8 | | called to minister to people in need in Bloomington; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The first activity of Home Sweet Home was an open | 10 | | invitation for all to enjoy a
Thanksgiving dinner and Home | 11 | | Sweet Home has continued that tradition ever since; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Home Sweet Home Ministries has provided temporary | 13 | | shelter to thousands of
homeless men, women, and children and | 14 | | has provided hundreds of thousands of meals to
people within | 15 | | the community; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Home Sweet Home Ministries has joined with the | 17 | | Community Health Care Clinic,
the McLean County Health | 18 | | Department, the McLean County Center for Human Services, and | 19 | | State
Farm Bank to make the Mobile Health Project available to | 20 | | adults within the community through
regularly scheduled mobile | 21 | | health clinics; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Bread for Life Food Co-op program operated by | 2 | | Home Sweet Home Ministries recognizes the dignity,
worth, and | 3 | | capability of each co-op member by engaging them in the process | 4 | | of earning and
receiving healthy food to address food | 5 | | insecurity and serves as a model for other organizations
and | 6 | | communities that want to establish healthy means for addressing | 7 | | food insecurity; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Home Sweet Home Ministries is committed to | 9 | | assisting low-income individuals in
managing their finances | 10 | | through participation in Faith and Finances classes and | 11 | | provides
training of trainers to other organizations so that | 12 | | the model can be replicated; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Home Sweet Home Ministries is the only family | 14 | | shelter in the Bloomington area and
utilizes a model of trauma | 15 | | informed care to respond to the trauma that homeless children | 16 | | and
adults have experienced; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Home Sweet Home Ministries offers opportunities | 18 | | to several thousand volunteers
every year and is a work site | 19 | | for hundreds of individuals who perform community service,
| 20 | | providing them with meaningful ways to serve their neighbors | 21 | | and their community; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | recognize Home Sweet Home Ministries on its centennial | 4 | | anniversary,
and we wish it many more successful years; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Home Sweet Home Ministries.
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