Full Text of HR0652 94th General Assembly
HR0652 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois wish to congratulate Aurea (Audrey) Reed on | 4 |
| her work and numerous achievements during her tenure as | 5 |
| Executive Director of Centro de Informacion; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Reed was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico; she | 7 |
| received her bachelor's degree in History and Christian | 8 |
| Religion in 1968 from Judson College and her master's degree in | 9 |
| Religion from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, She is married to Dan Reed and has three adult | 11 |
| sons; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Reed was employed as a home school bilingual | 13 |
| liaison for District U46 from 1991 to 1993; from 1993 to 1994, | 14 |
| she worked as a community/social worker at Children's Home and | 15 |
| Aid Society; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Reed's employment with Centro de Informacion | 17 |
| (Centro) began in 1994; she became Executive Director of Centro | 18 |
| in 1995; and
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| WHEREAS, During Mrs. Reed's tenure as Executive Director at | 20 |
| Centro, the agency has gone from a deficit budget and | 21 |
| indebtedness to fiscal solvency and a budget exceeding half a | 22 |
| million dollars; she also aided in the reestablishment of | 23 |
| organization and professionalism in the agency's expanding | 24 |
| staff and the relocation of agency offices; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Mrs. Reed's leadership, new programs, | 26 |
| including workshops, informational clinics, job fairs, and toy | 27 |
| giveaways, were started within the agency; the agency also | 28 |
| opened its Carpentersville satellite office; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Reed has worked to create new partnerships | 2 |
| for Centro in a quest to better serve the community, including | 3 |
| partnerships with Sherman Hospital, Junior Service Board | 4 |
| (Clothing Center), Community Crisis Center, Ecker Center, Renz | 5 |
| Addiction Center, Girl Scouts, and EFS Bank; she has obtained | 6 |
| funding for the agency from both the St. Charles and Northwest | 7 |
| Suburban United Ways and established other funding sources; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we congratulate Aurea (Audrey) Reed on her hard work and many | 12 |
| accomplishments while serving as Executive Director of Centro | 13 |
| de Informacion; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Aurea Reed as a token of our respect and esteem | 16 |
| with best wishes on all future endeavors.
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