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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in
3 Wheaton, Illinois was officially dedicated on January 20, 2007;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, This is the first community-based and operated
6 facility for homeless veterans in Illinois, known as the Lance
7 Corporal Nicholas Larson Home; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Many individuals, organizations, and trade unions
9 made significant contributions of funds, time, and service to
10 make the Shelter possible; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The driving force that created the Shelter came
12 from Mr. Robert Adams and Mr. Dirk Enger; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to
14 recognize and to express its appreciation to the many who made
15 the Shelter a reality; they include the Northern Illinois
16 Building Trades, trade unions in DuPage and Cook counties and
17 the Fox Valley; all of the veteran's organizations in DuPage
18 and Kane counties; the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled
19 Veterans; the DuPage Community Development Board; Philip Smith
20 of DuPage Community Services; DuPage Board President Robert
21 Schillerstrom; William Gahlberg; Geoffrey Murdoch; Senator

 

 

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1 Barack Obama; the Alladin Group; Kelli Nelson Rooney; Tom
2 Mouhelis (Wheaton City Council); Jim Thome (Chicago White Sox);
3 Steppenwolf Theatre; the Rev. Canon Linda Potter and the
4 Trinity Episcopal Church of Wheaton; and the Illinois
5 Department of Veterans' Affairs; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8 the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs is urged to
9 continue to provide technical and financial support to the
10 Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be
12 provided to the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans.