Full Text of HR0834 95th General Assembly
HR0834 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Mundelein | 4 |
| After School Coalition on the occasion of its winning a | 5 |
| Governor's Home Town Award for 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor's Home Town Awards are given by the | 7 |
| Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to | 8 |
| diverse volunteer efforts across the State; the awards are | 9 |
| given in eight categories, based on community population; and
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| WHEREAS, As a spin-off of the Lake County After School | 11 |
| Coalition, which is co-chaired by Mundelein Police Chief, | 12 |
| Raymond J. Rose, and State Representative Kathleen A. Ryg, the | 13 |
| Mundelein After School Coalition was developed in 2004 to | 14 |
| further the community's commitment to provide a preventive, | 15 |
| alternative method to reduce crime and protect young people by | 16 |
| promoting healthy after school activities and by reducing | 17 |
| juvenile crime during "out-of-school" time; and
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| WHEREAS, The Mundelein After School Coalition was founded | 19 |
| under the direction of Mundelein Police Chief, Raymond J. Rose, | 20 |
| along with several community leaders from the Village of | 21 |
| Mundelein, the Mundelein Park District, the Fremont Public | 22 |
| Library, Omni Youth Services, and Mundelein High School; and |
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| WHEREAS, The programs of the Mundelein After School | 2 |
| Coalition work with children in three elementary school | 3 |
| districts, one public high school district, and one private | 4 |
| parochial school to design and organize after school | 5 |
| activities, such as dances, character-building sessions, and | 6 |
| various community events in the effort to prevent delinquency | 7 |
| by giving young people alternatives to drugs, gangs, and other | 8 |
| negative elements and to promote positive youth development; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Mundelein has received 15 | 11 |
| Governor's Home Town Awards for its various programs since | 12 |
| 1995, winning prizes nine years in a row, making Mundelein one | 13 |
| of the program's most recognized communities since the | 14 |
| Governor's Home Town Award program was started in 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, A commemorative plaque and road signs will be | 16 |
| presented to representatives of the Mundelein After School | 17 |
| Coalition in Springfield on November 27, 2007 in recognition of | 18 |
| its many contributions to the children of the Village of | 19 |
| Mundelein; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| congratulate the members of the Mundelein After School |
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| Coalition on the occasion of winning a Governor's Home Town | 2 |
| Award and wish them continued success in their future | 3 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to the Mundelein After School Coalition and Mundelein | 6 |
| Police Chief, Raymond J. Rose, as a symbol of our esteem and | 7 |
| respect.
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