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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Kiwanis Club of | ||||||
| 4 | Geneseo on more than 100 years of service to the community; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Kiwanis Club of Geneseo was chartered on | ||||||
| 6 | October 22, 1920 and was sponsored by the Galesburg Kiwanis | ||||||
| 7 | Club; of the club's 50 members, 44 members and two guests were | ||||||
| 8 | present at the first meeting; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, With the exception of a short period of five | ||||||
| 10 | years during the depression from 1932 to 1937, Kiwanis Club of | ||||||
| 11 | Geneseo members have met weekly over the past 100 years with | ||||||
| 12 | the purpose of service to the community and assistance to the | ||||||
| 13 | aging, the needy, and the youth of Geneseo; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Early projects for the Kiwanis Club of Geneseo | ||||||
| 15 | included bicycle riding safety, kite flying contests, and old | ||||||
| 16 | time minstrel shows; more recently, local projects, such as | ||||||
| 17 | Swim for Fun Day at the Geneseo Pool with Kiwanis watermelon | ||||||
| 18 | and a Kids Day Doo-Dah Parade of costumed pets, bikes, and | ||||||
| 19 | wagons, have been popular; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The Kiwanis Club of Geneseo sponsors two youth | ||||||
| 21 | activities in the Geneseo school system, the High School Key | ||||||
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| 1 | Club, chartered in April of 1996, and the Middle School | ||||||
| 2 | Builders Club, chartered in February of 2000; both clubs were | ||||||
| 3 | formed to develop a sense of community service and leadership | ||||||
| 4 | in young people; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Over the years, the Kiwanis Club of Geneseo has | ||||||
| 6 | supported a variety of charitable organizations, including the | ||||||
| 7 | Children's Miracle Network, assisted seniors with completing | ||||||
| 8 | their income tax forms, provided college scholarships for Key | ||||||
| 9 | Club seniors, and completed volunteer work at Hammond Henry | ||||||
| 10 | Hospital and has grown to offer 30 grants to local charities | ||||||
| 11 | and has sponsored Boy Scout Troop 131 since its formation; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The Kiwanis Club of Geneseo has supported many of | ||||||
| 13 | the Kiwanis International's Worldwide service projects, such | ||||||
| 14 | as the 1994 IDD (Iodine Deficiency Disorders) $75 million | ||||||
| 15 | campaign and the Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation through | ||||||
| 16 | an annual Bowl-A-Thon, and became a gold-level club in support | ||||||
| 17 | of the 2010 Eliminate project; the local club is most proud of | ||||||
| 18 | their recent community service project of doubling the size of | ||||||
| 19 | the Geneseo Park Shelter and renaming it the Kiwanis Pavilion; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, The Kiwanis Pavilion is the location of the | ||||||
| 22 | Kiwanis Club of Geneseo's well known community wide annual | ||||||
| 23 | July 4th "Pork in the Park" dinner; this dinner includes the | ||||||
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| 1 | Maple City Band's patriotic concert held among 900 American | ||||||
| 2 | Flags in honor of deceased veterans; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we congratulate the Kiwanis Club of Geneseo for making a | ||||||
| 6 | difference in their community for over 100 years; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to the Kiwanis Club of Geneseo as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 10 | respect and esteem.
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