Full Text of HR0583 96th General Assembly
HR0583 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Tami Sender, President and CEO of the Greater | 3 |
| Joliet YMCA, has been a staff member of the Joliet YMCA for the | 4 |
| past 25 years and has had a tremendous positive impact on the | 5 |
| community in her roles as a program director and branch | 6 |
| director; she became the first female CEO in the Joliet YMCA's | 7 |
| history in 2003 and initiated the construction of the first new | 8 |
| YMCA in the area in over 28 years; and
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| WHEREAS, The C.W. Avery Family YMCA, located in Plainfield, | 10 |
| represents the realization of Tami's vision, dating back to | 11 |
| 1995; at that time, she began before and after-school programs | 12 |
| in the Plainfield District 202 schools; beginning in three | 13 |
| schools, the program, called Kid Zone, today serves over 650 | 14 |
| children in 15 schools in Plainfield alone; and
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| WHEREAS, Tami put together a plan that allowed the YMCA to | 16 |
| swap land with the Board of Education of District 202 and as a | 17 |
| part of this plan, the schools and the Y worked out an | 18 |
| agreement that provided for continued before and after school | 19 |
| programming in the schools; it created a campus concept where | 20 |
| the new Y sits adjacent to existing schools and share | 21 |
| facilities, land, and services; and it set down guidelines for | 22 |
| facility use with both the schools and the park district; and
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| WHEREAS, Tami worked with the City of Joliet and Councilman | 2 |
| Joe Shetina on a grant for $15,000 that allowed the YMCA to do | 3 |
| a community and feasibility study; she worked with Illinois | 4 |
| State Representative Tom Cross on a $250,000 State grant for | 5 |
| land; she worked with past Plainfield Mayor Dick Rock as well | 6 |
| as current Mayor Jim Waldorf to ensure that the needs of the | 7 |
| village were being met; and she worked with Superintendent John | 8 |
| Harper of District 202 to ensure the long term needs of | 9 |
| children and families in the after school program would be met; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, In addition, she worked with the Plainfield Park | 12 |
| District on a green space agreement that would ensure shared | 13 |
| use of community, YMCA, and district land for years to come; | 14 |
| she also worked with Provena St. Joseph Medical Center and | 15 |
| current CFO Jeff Brickman to partner by providing space for | 16 |
| Provena to run physical therapy and rehabilitation services in | 17 |
| the new facility; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2006 the C.W. Avery Family YMCA opened its | 19 |
| doors to the community; Tami also overlooked the renaming of | 20 |
| the YMCA branch on Briggs Street in Joliet to the Arthur and | 21 |
| Vera Smith Family YMCA; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, In 2006 Tami was awarded the Association of YMCA | 23 |
| Professionals "Director of the Year" award for her |
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| achievements; she was chosen by the Women's Bar Association as | 2 |
| a "Woman with Vision" in 2003; she was interviewed by CNN | 3 |
| Newsmakers in 2007 for her work in Will County; and she will be | 4 |
| honored by the Greater Joliet YMCA in August of 2009 for her 25 | 5 |
| years of dedicated service to the people of the Greater Joliet | 6 |
| area; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| congratulate and honor Tami Sender for her hard work and | 10 |
| dedication to the people of Joliet, Will County, and the | 11 |
| surrounding areas through her work with the YMCA; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Tami Sender as a symbol of our sincere respect.
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