HR1260 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dan Osterman on the occasion of his retirement after 25 years of leading Two Rivers YMCA; and

WHEREAS, Dan Osterman has been with the YMCA for 40 years; he began his YMCA career as a teenager in Morton; he became involved with the youth group and volunteered as the teen representative to the board of directors; and

WHEREAS, Dan Osterman took a job at the Peoria YMCA as a locker room attendant and maintenance worker in 1971; he moved through the ranks, eventually becoming the executive director of a small YMCA in Chillicothe; and

WHEREAS, Dan Osterman became executive director of the YMCA in Clinton in 1982, and in 1987, accepted the Two Rivers post; there were 3,400 Moline YMCA members at the time and today there are 11,700; there are 275 employees and countless programs offered by the Moline-based facility; and

WHEREAS, Dan Osterman leaves knowing the YMCA's mission to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all remains in place; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dan Osterman on his retirement after 25 years as executive director of Two Rivers YMCA; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Dan Osterman as an expression of our respect and esteem.