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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dan Osterman on the
4occasion of his retirement after 25 years of leading Two Rivers
5YMCA; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman has been with the YMCA for 40 years;
7he began his YMCA career as a teenager in Morton; he became
8involved with the youth group and volunteered as the teen
9representative to the board of directors; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman took a job at the Peoria YMCA as a
11locker room attendant and maintenance worker in 1971; he moved
12through the ranks, eventually becoming the executive director
13of a small YMCA in Chillicothe; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman became executive director of the YMCA
15in Clinton in 1982, and in 1987, accepted the Two Rivers post;
16there were 3,400 Moline YMCA members at the time and today
17there are 11,700; there are 275 employees and countless
18programs offered by the Moline-based facility; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman leaves knowing the YMCA's mission to
20put Christian principles into practice through programs that
21build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all remains in

 

 

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1place; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4we congratulate Dan Osterman on his retirement after 25 years
5as executive director of Two Rivers YMCA; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Dan Osterman as an expression of our respect and
8esteem.