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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of
3 Metropolitan Chicago is celebrating its 100th anniversary in
4 April of 2000; and
5 WHEREAS, The Jewish Federation and its affiliate agencies
6 serve both the Jewish residents in the greater Chicago
7 metropolitan area and the general community residents as
8 well, in a variety of health care, human services, education,
9 immigration resettlement, and family recreation programs and
10 services; and
11 WHEREAS, The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of
12 Metropolitan Chicago has won numerous awards for its
13 philanthropic activities and for its programming and services
14 innovation and excellence, and has provided virtually every
15 national Jewish organization with outstanding lay leadership
16 over the past decade; and
17 WHEREAS, The departments of Illinois State government
18 involved with health and human services have extensively
19 relied on the Jewish Federation and its array of affiliate
20 agencies for services to vulnerable segments of the State's
21 population; and
22 WHEREAS, The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of
23 Metropolitan Chicago is engaged in a year long celebration of
24 its past and a study of local Jewish communal needs and
25 resources strengthening for the next one hundred years,
26 culminating in a presentation to the entire North American
27 Jewish community lay and professional leadership in the
28 United Jewish Communities' annual conference scheduled for
29 November of 2000 in Chicago; therefore, be it
30 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
31 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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1 The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
2 Chicago's past and current leadership be commended for its
3 historic and ongoing achievements and programming, including
4 service to the State of Illinois in public policy advocacy
5 and shared responsibility for serving the State's vulnerable
6 populations; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That Illinois State government officials await
8 with interest the findings and conclusions of the centennial
9 year long study leading to recommendations as to how best to
10 finance, structure, and prioritize Jewish Federation programs
11 and services into the start of a second one hundred years, so
12 that State government executives may consider how best to
13 complement the new initiatives of the Jewish Federation and
14 its affiliate agencies; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
16 The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
17 Chicago Board of Directors with respect, appreciation, and
18 well wishes for their second century of exemplary public
19 service to the Jewish people and to the entire population of
20 the Chicago metropolitan area as a leading community based
21 non-profit organization within both Illinois and the entire
22 United States.