Full Text of HR0825 94th General Assembly
HR0825 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is one of the privileges of the House of | 3 |
| Representatives to commend and pay due honor and respect to | 4 |
| persons who have given selflessly of themselves to the citizens | 5 |
| of this State; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Alice D'Arcy recently celebrated 25 years of | 7 |
| service with Easter Seals DuPage; during that 25 years, she has | 8 |
| seen the services that Easter Seals DuPage offers grow to | 9 |
| include 70 on-staff therapists; and
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| WHEREAS, She was the recipient of the Myrtle M. and Tom B. | 11 |
| Medders Award from National Easter Seals in recognition of her | 12 |
| outstanding leadership and management of Easter Seals DuPage; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, She started her work with Easter Seals DuPage as a | 15 |
| social worker in 1980 and was named Executive Director in 1995; | 16 |
| she maintains her Clinical Social Worker License (LCSW) through | 17 |
| continuing education courses; and
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| WHEREAS, During her tenure as Executive Director, she | 19 |
| oversaw the completion of a 31,000-square-foot building that | 20 |
| serves the therapy needs of nearly 3,000 children with | 21 |
| disabilities each year; following completion of the new | 22 |
| building, Ms. D'Arcy obtained a grant to reinstate Social | 23 |
| Services, a department that supports the therapies by helping | 24 |
| children and families cope with the external issues involved in | 25 |
| disability; these services are provided at no cost to the | 26 |
| families of the children served; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Under her direction, more services are provided to | 28 |
| children through the Sponsor-A-Child Program, which continues | 29 |
| to grow and provide therapy services to children who otherwise | 30 |
| could not afford it; she is also very active with the |
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| legislature, securing grants to further the work of Easter | 2 |
| Seals DuPage; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. D'Arcy's positive spirit infects everyone, | 4 |
| and under her leadership, Easter Seals DuPage has grown, | 5 |
| expanded, and become a dynamic force in DuPage County; her | 6 |
| focus is always on the children and adults served through the | 7 |
| organization's programs; she brings courage, empathy, | 8 |
| direction, boldness, tenacity, and honesty to Easter Seals | 9 |
| DuPage with quiet dignity and poise; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we recognize Mary Alice D'Arcy for her 25 years of dedicated | 13 |
| service to Easter Seals DuPage, and we thank her for her | 14 |
| selfless devotion to the needs of others; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Mary Alice D'Arcy as an expression of our esteem.
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