Full Text of HR1090 93rd General Assembly
HR1090 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to recognize Yolanda Treiguts for her | 4 |
| dedication and years of service to the Multiple Sclerosis | 5 |
| Society; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Ms. Treiguts was born on June 1, 1945, in Hammond, | 7 |
| Indiana at St. Margaret's Hospital; in 1959, she moved with her | 8 |
| family to Palos Hills, a south Chicago suburb; she graduated | 9 |
| from Carl Sandburg High School in 1963 and worked her way | 10 |
| through Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago by taking a | 11 |
| variety of jobs; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, One of Yolanda's first loves was the theatre, and | 13 |
| she was active in the Playwrights Center at Second City in | 14 |
| Chicago; realizing that her theatrical interests would not | 15 |
| bring her financial security, Yolanda began working as a legal | 16 |
| secretary, eventually becoming a successful paralegal; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1978, Yolanda met her future husband and the | 18 |
| real love of her life, George Treiguts, and in Yolanda's words, | 19 |
| "Everything in my life finally seemed perfect"; after being | 20 |
| with George for only a year, in 1979, she was diagnosed with | 21 |
| Multiple Sclerosis; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Difficult challenges followed for Yolanda, and | 23 |
| she attended her first MS support group, one of only four in | 24 |
| the Chicago area at the time; she became "hooked" on the | 25 |
| organization, and by 1983 she started her own support group; | 26 |
| ever since then, volunteering for the National MS Society has | 27 |
| been Yolanda's full-time career; and
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| WHEREAS, Yolanda has been on both the Board of Trustees and | 29 |
| the Chapter Programs Committee for the Greater Illinois Chapter | 30 |
| of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society since 1994; she has |
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| been a member of the Advocacy & Government Relations Committee | 2 |
| since 1993, serving as Chair of the committee for the past | 3 |
| several years; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, In her capacity as Chair of the Advocacy and | 5 |
| Government Relations Committee, she spearheaded several, | 6 |
| successful legislative initiatives to benefit Illinois | 7 |
| citizens with MS, including funding for MS drugs in the Circuit | 8 |
| Breaker program, an income tax check-off to provide financial | 9 |
| assistance to Illinois citizens with MS, and disability rights; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Although Yolanda has made countless contributions | 12 |
| to the Society and Chapter over the years, the achievement that | 13 |
| best exemplifies her passionate commitment to improving the | 14 |
| quality of life of people with MS is her tireless work to | 15 |
| increase the availability of accessible transportation; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Yolanda's exceptional advocacy success achieved | 17 |
| national recognition when it was featured in the fall 1998 | 18 |
| issue of the Society's national magazine "Inside MS"; as a | 19 |
| result of this article and local press coverage, Yolanda has | 20 |
| been asked by disability organizations in cities throughout the | 21 |
| United States for help in strategizing to obtain accessible | 22 |
| taxicabs in those cities; and
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| WHEREAS, Yolanda has touched the lives of so many Illinois | 24 |
| citizens and made their lives better through her hard work, | 25 |
| determination, and the unselfish way in which she gives of her | 26 |
| time and talents; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 28 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 29 |
| do hereby offer our gratitude and congratulations to Yolanda | 30 |
| Treiguts for her years of service to the Multiple Sclerosis | 31 |
| Society and the people of the State of Illinois as Chair of the |
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| Government Relations Committee since 1993; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Yolanda Treiguts and her family as a token of our | 4 |
| admiration.
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