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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, It is one of the privileges of the House of
3 Representatives to commend and pay due honor and respect to
4 persons who have given selflessly of themselves to the citizens
5 of this State; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mary Alice D'Arcy recently celebrated 25 years of
7 service with Easter Seals DuPage; during that 25 years, she has
8 seen the services that Easter Seals DuPage offers grow to
9 include 70 on-staff therapists; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She was the recipient of the Myrtle M. and Tom B.
11 Medders Award from National Easter Seals in recognition of her
12 outstanding leadership and management of Easter Seals DuPage;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, She started her work with Easter Seals DuPage as a
15 social worker in 1980 and was named Executive Director in 1995;
16 she maintains her Clinical Social Worker License (LCSW) through
17 continuing education courses; and
 
18     WHEREAS, During her tenure as Executive Director, she
19 oversaw the completion of a 31,000-square-foot building that
20 serves the therapy needs of nearly 3,000 children with
21 disabilities each year; following completion of the new
22 building, Ms. D'Arcy obtained a grant to reinstate Social
23 Services, a department that supports the therapies by helping
24 children and families cope with the external issues involved in
25 disability; these services are provided at no cost to the
26 families of the children served; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Under her direction, more services are provided to
28 children through the Sponsor-A-Child Program, which continues
29 to grow and provide therapy services to children who otherwise
30 could not afford it; she is also very active with the

 

 

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1 legislature, securing grants to further the work of Easter
2 Seals DuPage; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Ms. D'Arcy's positive spirit infects everyone,
4 and under her leadership, Easter Seals DuPage has grown,
5 expanded, and become a dynamic force in DuPage County; her
6 focus is always on the children and adults served through the
7 organization's programs; she brings courage, empathy,
8 direction, boldness, tenacity, and honesty to Easter Seals
9 DuPage with quiet dignity and poise; therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12 we recognize Mary Alice D'Arcy for her 25 years of dedicated
13 service to Easter Seals DuPage, and we thank her for her
14 selfless devotion to the needs of others; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to Mary Alice D'Arcy as an expression of our esteem.