Full Text of HR0736 99th General Assembly
HR0736 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0736 | | LRB099 14138 GRL 38179 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On August 2, 2015, Wildwood in Lake County was hit | 3 | | by a tornado; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In the face of this disaster, the Youth | 5 | | Conservation Corps, staffed by Tom Berry, Bill Foltz, Tyrone | 6 | | McGee, Marvin Reddick, Ben Richards, Robert Shears, and Fred | 7 | | Williams, went to work to help those who were in desperate need | 8 | | of support; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Youth Conservation Corps is a summer | 10 | | employment program that brings together young adults ages 15 to | 11 | | 18 in an effort to restore and protect natural parks; while | 12 | | their work projects typically involve tasks such as the removal | 13 | | of invasive plants and habitat preservation, when called upon | 14 | | during this crisis, they proved to be capable of much more; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After the tornado hit, these young leaders, whose | 16 | | members included Ragean Anderson, Julian Amos, Cody Bond, Chris | 17 | | Coburn, Emanuel Cruz, Irene Hernandez, Jose Lopez, Kwentin | 18 | | Mayfield, Sierra Riley, Joshua Robles, Daviontae Sims, Tamera | 19 | | Wallace, and Dale Watson, jumped into action, clearing fallen | 20 | | debris and helping members of the community cope with what had | 21 | | just happened; and
|
| | | HR0736 | - 2 - | LRB099 14138 GRL 38179 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, To date, these 13 Youth Conservation Corps members | 2 | | and 7 Youth Conservation Corps staff have engaged in over 250 | 3 | | service hours and positively impacted not only the 11 homes | 4 | | which they helped clear, but also a large park operated by the | 5 | | Wildwood Park District; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | thank the members of the Youth Conservation Corps for their | 9 | | efforts in the aftermath of the tornado in Wildwood, not only | 10 | | on behalf of the residents whose houses they cleared, but also | 11 | | on behalf of the entire community of Wildwood and the citizens | 12 | | of this State; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the Youth Conservation Corps as a symbol of our | 15 | | thanks and appreciation for their service to the Wildwood | 16 | | community and the State of Illinois.
|
|