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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Lake Forest Woman's Club was organized on
3 November 13, 1902, joined the State Federation in 1904, was
4 incorporated on May 19, 1909, joined the General Federation
5 in 1916, and currently has approximately 340 members; and
6 WHEREAS, The purpose of the Lake Forest Woman's Club is
7 to bring together those interested in the intellectual and
8 cultural improvement of women along practical lines; to
9 promote agreeable and useful relations among its members; to
10 improve the moral and social conditions of the community; to
11 advance the general welfare of humanity; and to exclusively
12 promote charitable and educational purposes; and
13 WHEREAS, For the past 100 years, the Lake Forest Woman's
14 Club has sponsored meritorious programs in Lake Forest,
15 including initiating the first Lake Forest Day, and setting
16 up a maternity trust fund for deprived mothers, and
17 organizing Visiting Nurses for the needy; the club serves as
18 a key facilitator of the Lake Forest Parent Teachers
19 Association and the opening of Lake Forest High School; they
20 participated in World War I and World War II programs by
21 making bandages, knitting sweaters, selling and buying
22 liberty bonds and thrift stamps, and supplying "knapsack
23 libraries" for servicemen; in addition, they have sponsored
24 free tuberculosis x-ray units, initiated the College
25 Scholarship Program, and in recent years, helped to fund a
26 new addition to the Lake Forest Library, the Gorton Community
27 Center, and the restoration of the Lake Forest Train Station;
28 and
29 WHEREAS, The Lake Forest Woman's Club also awards College
30 Scholarships to Lake Forest High School's graduating seniors
31 and to adult women students in the re-entry program at Barat
32 College, participates in the General Federation of Women's
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1 Club activities, both in the State of Illinois and
2 Nationally, and participates in the Lake Forest Day Parade;
3 in addition, the club participates in special member
4 volunteer events and donation initiatives to Pebble Brook
5 Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, North Chicago Veterans
6 Affairs Medical Center, A Safe Place, Canine Companions, the
7 Lake County Children's Advocacy Center, and Arbor Day Tree
8 Planting; the club also sponsors a Lake Forest Historic Silk
9 Scarf and donates its records to the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff
10 Historical Society; and
11 WHEREAS, In its 100 year history, the Lake Forest Woman's
12 Club has provided meritorious service to the City of Lake
13 Forest, as well as to the State of Illinois and the nation;
14 therefore, be it
15 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17 we congratulate the Lake Forest Woman's Club on its 100th
18 anniversary; we further commend its members and officers on
19 their devotion to public service and wish them all the best
20 in the future; and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to the Lake Forest Woman's Club as an expression of
23 our esteem.