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Full Text of SJR0025  99th General Assembly

SJ0025 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate and the House
3of Representatives recognize the Ansar Shriners' 100th
4anniversary on July 13, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Illinois Ansar Shriners was chartered on July
613, 1915 by action of the Annual Session of the Ancient Arabic
7Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (now Shriners
8International) and became the 136th chapter of the fraternity;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Ansar Shriners of Springfield is one of 5
11Shrine Centers in Illinois; it is the 17th largest of the 193
12Shrine Centers throughout the world; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The members of Ansar Shriners exemplify the
14Masonic tenets of Faith, Hope, and Charity; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Ansar is taken after the Arabic word meaning
16"Those Who Give Aid", which Ansar Nobles do through their
17support of the 19 Shriners Hospitals for Children, which
18provide orthopedic care, and 3 hospitals that provide pediatric
19burn treatment; treatment is provided at the hospitals
20regardless of the families' ability to pay for services; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Over the past 100 years, Shriners have been active
2throughout central Illinois in parades, festivals, paper
3crusades, and membership initiation ceremonies; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Ansar Shriners will celebrate the
5organization's 100th anniversary with a year of public events,
6including parades, membership initiations, the Shrine Circus,
7and events at numerous festivals and homecomings throughout the
8State, concluding with a 100th year celebration on July 18,
92015 in Springfield; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate July 13, 2015 as Ansar
13Shriners of Springfield Day in the State of Illinois; and be it
14further
 
15    RESOLVED, That we recognize the success and dedicated
16service of the Ansar Shriners on the occasion of the
17organization's 100th anniversary; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to the Ansar Shriners of Springfield.