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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the
4 Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club for their many
5 accomplishments; and
 
6     WHEREAS, the Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club was created
7 by Chuck and Elaine Dobra, Steve Scholten, Jerry Gordon, and
8 several others in August 1996; the club was officially
9 chartered on January 24, 1997; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The club has been responsible for many
11 accomplishments throughout the community; it was responsible
12 for the completion of Miracle Field in Roselle, a ball playing
13 venue for children with disabilities to play baseball side by
14 side with non-disabled children; the club created the Bookworm
15 Angels' Big Book Drive, which delivered 17,000 books to
16 Bookworm Angels for reading programs in at-risk schools in
17 Chicago, as well as supervising and donating to the
18 Bloomingdale and Roselle Fish Release Events for children who
19 fish at park district ponds; the club also developed and
20 implemented an international service project through a Rotary
21 Club in Lebanon to support people in need during war; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club has also

 

 

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1 made donations to many community organizations, such as the
2 Humanitarian Service Project, where the club sponsored a senior
3 citizen; members also have donated to the Western DuPage
4 Special Recreation Association Miracle Field League and the
5 DuPage County Area Project; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club has also
7 received many awards, such as the District Outstanding
8 Membership Growth, 1998-99; District Conference Award
9 1998-1999; District Polio Plus Partners 100% Club, 1999-2000;
10 Rotary International Global Quest Membership Award, 2001-2002;
11 District Membership, 2001-2002; District Outstanding Club
12 Service, 2002-2003; District Outstanding Community Service,
13 2003-2004; District Governor's Award, 2003-2004; RI Centennial
14 Community Project Participating Club, 2004-2005; and several
15 RI Presidential Citations; the club also received the 2003-2004
16 District Governor's Award for its numerous activities;
17 therefore, be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20 congratulate the Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club for its many
21 outstanding contributions to the Bloomingdale and Roselle
22 communities and beyond; and be it further
 
23     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1 presented to the president of the Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary
2 Club.