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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Saturday, October 14, 2006, is the occasion of
3 Blue Gargoyle Community Services' 32nd Anniversary Gala at the
4 South Shore Cultural Center; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Blue Gargoyle offers free services for needy
6 children and families across Chicago's south side; and
 
7     WHEREAS, From GED preparation in adult learning to family
8 literacy, from after-school tutoring to the Bronzeville
9 Academic Center, from individual counseling to employment and
10 training, the Blue Gargoyle is a critical resource to the
11 community--and an amazing one; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Blue Gargoyle's devoted staff and
13 hard-working volunteers offer their services always with
14 warmth and, just about always, with a smile; and
 
15     WHEREAS, At the Anniversary Gala the Blue Gargoyle will
16 honor the University of Chicago Service League, Fifth Ward
17 Alderman Leslie A. Hairston, and Jack Bankman and the Bankman
18 family for their contributions to the work of the Gargoyle;
19 therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 we thank the Service League for its continuing support for the
23 Blue Gargoyle; we thank Alderman Hairston for her work in
24 helping the Gargoyle establish an employment center in South
25 Shore; and we thank the Bankman family for honoring the memory
26 of their father, Jack, through providing significant support to
27 the community agency his nephew, Paul Sakol, directs; and be it
28 further
 
29     RESOLVED, That, our hearts filled with gratitude, we

 

 

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1 congratulate the Blue Gargoyle for its 32 years of excellent
2 service to the community, and we look forward with them to the
3 next 32; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to Blue Gargoyle Community Services, the University
6 of Chicago Service League, Fifth Ward Alderman Leslie A.
7 Hairston, and the Bankman family as an expression of our
8 appreciation and esteem.