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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The deep and prolonged recession, along with high
3 unemployment rates, have caused an increasing number of people
4 to seek help with food assistance; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Northern Illinois Food Bank provides food to
6 more than 500,000 people each year, an almost 170 percent
7 increase since 2006; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The Northern Illinois Food Bank expects to offer
9 35 million pounds of food products to families and individuals
10 in need this year; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The Northern Illinois Food Bank, located in St.
12 Charles, works with 520 partner agencies in 13 Illinois
13 counties in keeping pace with the high demand for food in
14 Northern Illinois; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17 congratulate the Northern Illinois Food Bank on being named the
18 2010 Member Food Bank of the Year by Feeding America networks
19 and for being the model food bank among its 206 peers across
20 the country; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That we recognized the Northern Illinois Food
2 Bank for its extraordinary growth and its continued ability to
3 meet the rising hunger challenge by helping neighbors in need;
4 and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the Northern Illinois Food Bank as a symbol of our
7 respect and esteem.