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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Louisiana Carpenters Regional Council used
3 generous donations received for disaster relief to set up a
4 Katrina Relief Fund; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Monies received from the UBC Helping Hands Fund,
6 affiliate Regional Councils, affiliate Local Unions, and
7 individual member donations were used to help feed over 5,000
8 people at the family social services center; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Working with the Red Cross and with the donations
10 and volunteer efforts of the members and staff, the Council
11 turned its training center into a shelter to provide housing,
12 clothing, food, tools, and other forms of assistance to many
13 evacuee members and their families; and
 
14     WHEREAS, An evacuee member of Local 1846 in New Orleans and
15 members of his family stayed at the shelter for two months; the
16 Relief Fund provided the member with numerous tools that
17 enabled him to go back to work; he and his family were also
18 provided their first month's rent and a deposit to help them
19 get into another house; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The shelter also provided relief to many evacuees
21 from the Lake Charles region of Louisiana after Hurricane Rita;
22 and
 
23     WHEREAS, The Council continues to use relief funds to
24 provide housing to workers in the New Orleans region;
25 therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we commend the Louisiana Carpenters Regional Council for its
29 hard work and dedication in promoting relief efforts as a

 

 

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1 result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to the Louisiana Carpenters Regional Council as an
4 expression of our admiration and esteem.