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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor milestone dates in the
4 history of organizations in the State of Illinois; and
 
5      WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of the Benevolent
6 Protective Order of Elks is celebrating its 100th Anniversary
7 in 2004; and
 
8     WHEREAS, For 100 years the members of the Illinois Elks
9 Association have raised and disbursed funds to charitable
10 causes including: the World War II Memorial, Scholarships for
11 Illinois Students, Illinois Elks Crippled Children Corps, the
12 Elks National Foundation, and other local charitable events;
13 and
 
14      WHEREAS, The Illinois Elks Association implemented the
15 Grand Lodge Army of Hope program to assist veterans and their
16 families and is a key supporter of Veterans Homes throughout
17 Illinois with Elks Members routinely ensuring that our Veterans
18 are in a homelike setting; and
 
19     WHEREAS, The Illinois Elks Association organizes Training
20 Sessions to instruct and guide emerging leaders in Local Lodges
21 of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in civic promotion
22 and fundraising for charitable causes; and
 
23     WHEREAS, An integral theme of the training of the Illinois
24 Elks Association is to return to Illinois communities to do
25 good work by contributing thousands of hours annually in each
26 community for charitable causes; and
 
27     WHEREAS, The Illinois Elks Association provides the
28 leadership to teach hundreds of men and women each year to take
29 leadership roles in communities across the State of Illinois;

 

 

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2      WHEREAS, The Illinois Elks Association also prepares
3 leadership through the District and State Committee Chairs to
4 preserve the history of good works and charity that has become
5 synonymous with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks; and
 
6      WHEREAS, The current Officers of the Illinois Elks
7 Association are: President Bill Voigts of Joliet 296; First
8 Vice President Bill Marsh of Quincy 100; Second Vice President
9 Paul Ronzani of Chicago North Shore 1316; Third Vice President
10 Charles Campbell of Carbondale 1243; Secretary Marvin Leathers
11 of Mt. Vernon 819; and Treasurer Gene White of Centralia 493;
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13     WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of the Benevolent
14 Protective Order of Elks will be hosting its 100th Anniversary
15 Celebration in Springfield January 29 through February 1, 2004;
16 therefore be it ; and
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 recognize and congratulate the Illinois Association of the
20 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks on their 100th Anniversary;
21 and be it further
 
22     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23 presented to the members of the Illinois Association of
24 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at their 100th Anniversary
25 celebration.