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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Mount Greenwood Civic Association has chosen
3 Georgene Dansky as the 2005 Woman of the Year for her lifetime
4 of work in her community and for starting the "Postage for
5 Parcels" program that provides postage funds for care packages
6 being sent monthly to 67 local troops serving overseas; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Georgene and her husband, residents of St.
8 Christina parish for 33 years, are the proud parents of four
9 daughters, the grandparents of 11, and the great grandparents
10 of one; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Georgene has always been a dedicated and active
12 member of her community, volunteering for good causes and
13 serving as a Girl Scout Troop leader; and
 
14     WHEREAS, When Georgene's grandson, Kevin Sullivan, started
15 serving in Afghanistan with the United States Army in May 2004,
16 he told her it was difficult to get some necessary personal
17 items such as toilet paper and shavers; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Georgene then decided to send care packages filled
19 with anything from blankets to beef jerky every month to 10
20 local men and women serving overseas; and
 
21     WHEREAS, After a few months, members of the community
22 started helping, and canisters placed in local businesses
23 raised $500 a month to pay for the needed postage and package
24 contents; and
 
25     WHEREAS, As the list of active men and women serving
26 overseas continued to grow to the current 67, Dansky and her
27 husband held a benefit in April 2005 that raised $30,000, which
28 is enough to sustain the "Postage for Parcels" program for 30
29 more months; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we extend our sincere appreciation to Georgene Dansky for her
4 noble work and dedication to her community and our
5 congratulations on being named Woman of the Year by the Mount
6 Greenwood Civic Association, and we wish her great success in
7 all her future endeavors; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to her as an expression of our respect and esteem.