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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On August 26, 1906, the Chicago Motor Club, also
3 known as AAA Chicago, was founded by Charles P. Root with a
4 handful of automobile enthusiasts to stand "for all that is
5 good and against all that is bad in motoring", led by club
6 President William H. Arthur; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Today AAA Chicago is comprised of more than
8 850,000 members from southern Illinois to the northern borders
9 of Illinois and northern Indiana with 34 branch offices headed
10 by President Brad Roeber; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Chicago is also the birthplace of the American
12 Automobile Association, which was formed in 1902 and now boasts
13 over 48 million members throughout North America; and
 
14     WHEREAS, In 1911, the Motor News was instituted as the
15 first magazine for members of the Chicago Motor Club and in
16 1917 the Chicago Motor Club formed its first insurance company;
17 and
 
18     WHEREAS, Today AAA Living now carries the standard as
19 Chicago Motor Club's membership magazine in the tradition of
20 its predecessor publications Motor News and Home and Away; and
 
21     WHEREAS, In 1920, Chicago Motor Club President Charles M.
22 Hayes launched "School Safety Patrol", the first-ever
23 initiative for school crossing guards, and in 1938 sponsored
24 the first driver's education classes; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Today Safety Patrol encompasses schools across
26 the country and is over 500,000 patrollers strong, driver's
27 education is an institution in our high schools, and AAA is
28 recognized around the world as an advocate for traffic safety;
29 and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, In 1929 the Chicago Motor Club inaugurated its
2 South Water Street high rise in downtown Chicago as its
3 corporate headquarters and in 1986 relocated its headquarters
4 to Des Plaines; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Today, and since 2001, the Chicago Motor Club is
6 headquartered in the beautiful AAA building on Meridian Lake
7 Drive in Aurora; and
 
8     WHEREAS, In 2004 AAA Chicago hosted its first
9 "Strollerthon", an annual charity walk to raise funds for child
10 passenger seats; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The Chicago Motor Club still thrives today as a
12 result of its public service mission and its advocacy for its
13 members as motorists and on matters of traffic safety; and
 
14     WHEREAS, On August 26, 2006, the Chicago Motor Club
15 celebrates its 100th year of service and joins the elite ranks
16 of companies that have thrived for the last century; therefore,
17 be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
19 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
20 CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate the Chicago Motor Club
21 on the year-long celebration of its centennial anniversary of
22 serving motorists in the State of Illinois, and we designate
23 August 2006 as AAA Chicago Motorist Safety Month; and be it
24 further
 
25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to the Chicago Motor Club as an expression of our
27 esteem and best wishes for a second hundred years of service.