HR1098 LRB094 20033 HSS 57576 r

1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Dan and Karen Fox were recently named the 2006
3 North Suburban Library System's Volunteers of the Year; and
 
4     WHEREAS, They were nominated for the award in recognition
5 of past efforts with the Gail Borden Public Library District
6 and exceptional dedication during the project "GIANTS: African
7 Dinosaurs Created by Project Exploration"; and
 
8     WHEREAS, In March of 2005, Mrs. Fox, School District U-46
9 Special Projects Assistant to the Superintendent, was asked to
10 undertake the enormous task of organizing thousands of school
11 children and buses for the GIANTS exhibit that would be opening
12 in September 2005; from serving on a steering committee to late
13 night e-mails to 4 a.m. award-nomination writing, she
14 volunteered her utmost time and energy to making the project a
15 success; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mr. Fox, a retired teacher, worked diligently to
17 train more than 100 volunteer docents who would then guide and
18 inspire more than 11,000 school children and hundreds of groups
19 through the exhibit's four-month venue at the library; he
20 prepared for and conducted two-hour seminars, which involved
21 careful directed observation of the towering dinosaur
22 skeletons, meaningful teaching of adult learners, and
23 instilling confidence in the docents, many of whom had never
24 done anything like this; and
 
25     WHEREAS, The enthusiasm that Mr. and Mrs. Fox exhibited was
26 contagious, and they contributed greatly to the success of the
27 "GIANTS" project, touching the lives of thousands of library
28 visitors; therefore, be it
 
29     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that

 

 

HR1098 - 2 - LRB094 20033 HSS 57576 r

1 we congratulate Karen and Dan Fox on being named the 2006 North
2 Suburban Library System's Volunteers of the Year; and be it
3 further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the Foxes as an expression of our esteem.