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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The goal of The Salvation Army Tri-County Senior
 3    Nutrition Program is to ensure that  healthy  seniors  remain
 4    healthy  and  that ailing seniors regain their health through
 5    nutritionally-balanced meals; and

 6        WHEREAS, Funding for Senior Nutrition programs was  added
 7    to the Older Americans Act in 1972; and

 8        WHEREAS,  The  Meals on Wheels Association of America has
 9    designated March of each  year  as  time  to  celebrate  this
10    senior nutrition funding; and

11        WHEREAS,  The  Salvation  Army  Golden Diners Program has
12    been providing meals for people age 60 and over  since  1974;
13    the  Salvation  Army  Golden  Diners Program currently has 18
14    sites located throughout Kane, Kendall, and McHenry Counties,
15    serving more than 1,200 meals each weekday,  with  more  than
16    800 of them being delivered to homebound elderly; and

17        WHEREAS,  Over 750 volunteers help to serve, portion, and
18    deliver these meals; and

19        WHEREAS, The  Salvation  Army  Golden  Diners  Tri-County
20    Senior  Nutrition  Program  is  participating in the Meals on
21    Wheels Association of America "March for  Meals"  during  the
22    week of March 17 through March 21; therefore, be it

23        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
24    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
25    we  proclaim the week of March 17, 2003 as The Salvation Army
26    Golden Diners Tri-County Senior Nutrition Week in  the  State
27    of Illinois; and be it further

28        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
29    presented to the Salvation Army Golden Diners Program leaders
30    as a token of our respect and esteem  for  their  efforts  on
 
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 1    behalf of the health of senior citizens in Kane, Kendall, and
 2    McHenry Counties.