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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Zonta Club of Oak Park was organized in
3 February of 1934 and chartered on May 26 of that year as the
4 127th chapter of Zonta International, a worldwide service
5 organization of executives in business and the professions
6 organized in 1919 to advance the status of women; and
7 WHEREAS, Throughout its "herstory", the Zonta Club of Oak
8 Park has supported many local organizations, financially and
9 through service; and
10 WHEREAS, The Zonta Club of Oak Park supports the Young
11 Women in Public Affairs scholarship program by recognizing
12 and awarding scholarships to local high school seniors to
13 encourage these young women to enter careers or seek
14 leadership positions in social policymaking, government, and
15 volunteer organizations; and
16 WHEREAS, The Zonta Club of Oak Park financially supports
17 the Amelia Earhart fellowship award program founded in 1938
18 to support women pursuing graduate degrees in
19 aerospace-related sciences and engineering and has supported
20 more than 500 women from 48 countries in more than 800
21 fellowships; and
22 WHEREAS, The Zonta Club of Oak Park also financially
23 supports the international service project selected by Zonta
24 International through the United Nations and has directly
25 affected the fate of more than 700,000 women and girls
26 through projects in Argentina, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina
27 Faso, Columbia, the Comoros Islands, Ghana, Guatemala, India,
28 Jordan, Mexico, the Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Sri
29 Lanka, Thailand, and Zimbabwe; and
30 WHEREAS, The Zonta Club of Oak Park has supported other
31 projects in literacy, the eradication of domestic violence
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1 and internationalism, and a student exchange and has
2 sponsored with other Zonta Clubs receptions for new United
3 States citizens at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago;
4 therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we recognize the accomplishments of the Zonta Club of Oak
8 Park and acknowledge and thank the chapter for its
9 contributions to the State of Illinois; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That we proclaim May 26, 1999 "The Zonta Club
11 of Oak Park Day" in Illinois; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the Zonta Club of Oak Park.