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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation
3 Center is part of the Job Corps of the United States Department
4 of Labor which prepares young adults, ages 16 through 24, for
5 successful careers through a career training approach which
6 integrates the teaching of academic, vocational, employability
7 skills, and social competencies through a combination of
8 classroom, practical, and vocational learning experiences to
9 prepare youth for stable, long-term, high-paying jobs or
10 further education; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work
12 relief program for young people from unemployed families,
13 established in March 1933, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
14 that enhanced natural resources, managed forests, and built
15 parks and public facilities still in use today; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Golconda was the site of a National Forest
17 Civilian Conservation Corps camp in 1933; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Although the goals of the Golconda CCC Camp and
19 the Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center are not
20 identical, both advanced young people by teaching valuable job
21 skills; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Today the Golconda Job Corps Civilian
2 Conservation Center enrolls 230 resident students and equips
3 its graduates to have careers as bricklayers, carpenters,
4 electricians, painters, or welders, or to work in the fields of
5 building and apartment maintenance, culinary arts, business,
6 or urban forestry; and
 
7     WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the Golconda Job
8 Corps Civilian Conservation Center on July 25, 2008, in
9 conjunction with its graduation ceremony commemorated the 75th
10 anniversary of the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps;
11 therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14 commend the Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center on
15 its service to young adults and salute its commemoration of the
16 75th anniversary of the creation of the Civilian Conservation
17 Corps; and be it further
 
18     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to the Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation
20 Center as an expression of our high esteem.