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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Joliet Area/South Suburban Alumnae Chapter of
3 the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., has received a Disney
4 Hand Minnie Grant; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Sorority was one of 75 winners chosen from
6 over 400 applicants from across the nation; the grant is
7 administered by Youth Service America and funded by Disney, and
8 is used to underwrite youth service projects for National Youth
9 Service Day; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The young ladies who participate in Delta Academy
11 (middle school) and My D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. (high school) will visit
12 Jones Memorial Community Center in Chicago Heights on Saturday,
13 April 16, 2005; and
 
14     WHEREAS, They will participate in literacy and arts
15 activities with 150 students from grades Pre-K thru Sixth; the
16 girls, along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., members and
17 other volunteers will read stories to students and will also
18 help them create their own stories; a parent workshop for
19 approximately 50 parents will also occur that day; this project
20 addresses the importance of literacy and the arts for
21 disadvantaged families in the Chicago Heights community; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The goals of National Youth Service Day are to
23 mobilize youths as leaders to identify and address the needs of
24 their communities through service and service-learning, to
25 support youth on a lifelong path of service and civic
26 engagement, and to educate the public, the media, and
27 policymakers about the year-round contributions of young
28 people as community leaders; therefore, be it
 
29     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that

 

 

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1 we recognize National Youth Service Day by encouraging youth to
2 participate in civic and community service projects and commend
3 the volunteer efforts of the young ladies in Delta Academy, My
4 D.E.S.T.I.N.Y., and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; we
5 support these efforts as an investment in the future of our
6 State and the nation; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
8 presented to the young ladies in Delta Academy, My
9 D.E.S.T.I.N.Y., and the Joliet Area/South Suburban Alumnae
10 Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. as an
11 expression of our admiration.