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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Sauganash Woman's Club of Chicago is a worthy
3 organization whose goal is to return services to the local and
4 larger community for which its members accept responsibility as
5 good citizens; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
7 Representatives are pleased to honor and recognize milestone
8 events of civic organizations in the State of Illinois; and
 
9     WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the Sauganash
10 Woman's Club is celebrating its 80th anniversary on November
11 10, 2005, with a special fall benefit party at which the Club
12 will remember the neighborhood women who created the Sauganash
13 Woman's Club in 1926 and honor the hardworking and generous
14 core of members who today sustain it; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Over the decades, the Club extended the helping
16 hands of its members in many directions, including raising
17 funds to send children to summer camp, purchase a seeing-eye
18 dog, provide scholarships to worthy college students, endow
19 special causes, support the USO, and more recently, help meet
20 the needs of food pantries, homeless shelters, and local
21 schools; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Additionally, the Club expanded the ways it serves
23 others by creating committees that address specific needs,
24 including The Smile Train, Make a Wish, and the Night Ministry;
25 and
 
26     WHEREAS, Most recently, the Club opened its membership and
27 Club members look forward to further growth and new ways to
28 serve in the 21st century; therefore, be it
 
29     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we congratulate the Sauganash Woman's Club on its 80th
3 anniversary and its many years of service to those in need in
4 Chicago and the surrounding area; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the Sauganash Woman's Club as an expression of our
7 high esteem.