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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Sandra Johnson on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 5 | North Shore Senior Center (NSSC) in Northfield after 20 years | ||||||
| 6 | of dedicated service; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Sandra Johnson began her career with the North | ||||||
| 8 | Shore Senior Center as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker; from | ||||||
| 9 | 1984 to 1992, she served as Director of Social Services, where | ||||||
| 10 | she ensured that the NSSC provided a wide variety of services | ||||||
| 11 | to seniors of all income levels and physical or mental | ||||||
| 12 | conditions; in 1992, she was named Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 13 | North Shore Senior Center, where she remained until her | ||||||
| 14 | retirement; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, As Executive Director of the North Shore Senior | ||||||
| 16 | Center, Sandra Johnson has been instrumental in the growth and | ||||||
| 17 | prosperity of the senior center; during her tenure, she has | ||||||
| 18 | overseen a successful capital campaign and site search, which | ||||||
| 19 | have resulted in many additions and improvements for the | ||||||
| 20 | center, including a Fitness Center, evening and weekend | ||||||
| 21 | programs, expanded class and workshop offerings, classrooms, | ||||||
| 22 | offices for the center's social workers, and expanded | ||||||
| 23 | administration and IT facilities; she then oversaw another | ||||||
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| 1 | capital campaign to combine the three Alzheimer's Day Care | ||||||
| 2 | centers into one state-of-the-art center on the same campus as | ||||||
| 3 | NSSC that can house 30 participants; she facilitated an | ||||||
| 4 | alliance with the national Older Adults Service and Information | ||||||
| 5 | System organization, which enabled NSSC to work cooperatively | ||||||
| 6 | with the national group; she was also asked to open a new site | ||||||
| 7 | for social services in Evanston which would serve seniors in | ||||||
| 8 | two additional townships; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Due in part to Sandra Johnson's incredible | ||||||
| 10 | leadership, the North Shore Senior Center was one of the first | ||||||
| 11 | senior centers in the nation to be accredited by NISC in 2003; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Sandra Johnson has been active in numerous | ||||||
| 14 | professional and community organizations in the Chicago area, | ||||||
| 15 | including the Rotary Club, the Buehler Center on Aging at the | ||||||
| 16 | Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, the United | ||||||
| 17 | Way, the Association of Illinois Senior Centers, and the | ||||||
| 18 | University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration; | ||||||
| 19 | nationally, she is a member of the National Council of Aging, | ||||||
| 20 | the Gerontological Society of America, the National | ||||||
| 21 | Association of Social Workers, the American Society on Aging, | ||||||
| 22 | and the National Institute of Senior Centers; and
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| 23 | WHEREAS, Sandra Johnson's dedication to her profession and | ||||||
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| 1 | her willingness to serve her community make her a model for the | ||||||
| 2 | people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 4 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 5 | congratulate Sandra Johnson on the occasion of her retirement | ||||||
| 6 | and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and | ||||||
| 7 | be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Sandra Johnson as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 10 | respect.
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