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90_HR0168
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House are pleased to
3 recognize organizations that have made significant
4 contributions to their communities and this State; and
5 WHEREAS, The Orland Park Lions Club is one such service
6 organization, dedicated to supporting scholarships, community
7 organizations, and services for the blind; and
8 WHEREAS, The Lions Club holds four fund-raising events
9 throughout the year, which include Orland Days, Haunted Wood,
10 Christmas tree sales, and a benefit dinner; and
11 WHEREAS, Recently the Orland Park Lions Club distributed
12 the proceeds from 1996 to the following organizations: the
13 American Cancer Society, the Boy Scouts of Calumet Council,
14 Camp Lions, Camp Quality of Illinois, the Chicago Lighthouse,
15 the Community Center Foundation, the Chicagoland Radio
16 Information Service, the Crisis Center for South Suburbs, the
17 Elim Christian School, the Illinois Burn Camp, the Juvenile
18 Diabetes Foundation, the Lions District 1-A Circus Fund, the
19 Lions of Illinois Eye Research Center, the Lions of Illinois
20 Foundation, the Metropolitan Family Services Southwest, the
21 Misericordia Family Association, (Consolidated School
22 District 230) Operation Snowball, the Orland Park Public
23 Library, the Orland Township Food Pantry, the Park Lawn
24 Association, Recording for the Blind, the Salvation Army, the
25 Shady Oaks Camp, and Special Olympics; and
26 WHEREAS, The Melvin Jones Award was presented to four
27 members for their faithfulness and longevity with the Orland
28 Park Lions Club; those members were: Dave Smith, Ken Grahn,
29 Phil Saxton, and Arnold Schedin; and
30 WHEREAS, This year's Orland Days Festival begins May 28,
31 1997 and culminates with the Orland Days Parade on June 1,
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1 1997; therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 commend and applaud the members of the Orland Park Lions Club
5 for their dedication to community service and their unselfish
6 support of community organizations; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to President Richard Nogal as an expression of our
9 respect and esteem.