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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior
3Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program is a volunteer program
4based around the Center for Senior Citizens in Glendale
5Heights; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Center for Senior Citizens offers
7comprehensive senior citizen resources, innovated programing,
8informational sessions, social events, and exciting trips; the
9Center includes a game room, fitness room, arts and crafts
10room, a full service salon, and a library with four computer
11stations with internet access; the Center currently has just
12under 2,000 members; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Volunteerism is an important part of The Center;
14this volunteerism is overseen by the Senior Citizens Volunteer
15Advisory Committee; the Committee typically meets every month
16to discuss how the Center and the Village of Glendale Heights
17can continue to provide support and resources for the Senior
18Community; and
 
19    WHEREAS, In 2018, the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee
20organized events such as bake sales and lunch-n-learns that
21included lessons on healthy eating choices at fast food
22restaurants, the basics of diabetes management and how good

 

 

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1nutrition plays a role in preventing diabetes complications,
2and encouraging healthy cooking during the holiday seasons; and
 
3    WHEREAS, In 2018, 61 individuals volunteered 1,879 hours to
4benefit the Center; trained Center volunteer counselors
5provide one-on-one assistance to Medicare beneficiaries and
6their caregivers; volunteers also collect donations for the
7Center's Holiday Luncheon, run the Center's very popular weekly
8Bingo activity, operate a meals-on-wheels program, hold
9informational sessions on important social service topics to
10keep Seniors educated, and generally provide extra support for
11the Center as needed; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Volunteers are also encouraged to create their own
13activities for the seniors; activities that volunteers have
14developed include knitting and crocheting classes, game days in
15the Center's recreation room, and craft related projects; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Governor's Hometown Awards program gives
17formal recognition to those who contributed to their
18community's quality of life through projects that had strong
19volunteer support, met a need, and made a definitive impact;
20and
 
21    WHEREAS, The Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior
22Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program was 2019's Governor's

 

 

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1Hometown Award winner in its Seniors Category; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4we congratulate the Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior
5Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program on being selected as a
62019 Governor's Hometown Award project winner; and be it
7further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be
9delivered to the Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior
10Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program as a symbol of our
11respect and esteem.