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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The staff of the Gertrude B. Nielsen Child Care
3 and Learning Center in Northbrook will be celebrating the 20th
4 anniversary of the facility on August 22, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Gertrude B. Nielsen Child Care and Learning
6 Center (GBN) offers an environment rich in resources that make
7 it a cut above other facilities; these amenities help nurture
8 children and their families and create an atmosphere that
9 optimizes learning; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The Gertrude B. Nielsen Child Care and Learning
11 Center's state-of-the-art facility was built specifically to
12 be a child care and learning center; it includes large, open
13 classrooms and the overall architecture is light and airy; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The mission of the Gertrude B. Nielsen Child Care
15 and Learning Center is to aspire to establish a partnership
16 with families to support their children's development and serve
17 as a model for quality early childhood education; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The Gertrude B. Nielsen Child Care and Learning
19 Center is accredited by the National Association for the
20 Education of Young Children; it is a not-for-profit private
21 child care corporation; it partners with colleges and

 

 

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1 universities as an internship site for their students; and it
2 believes in involving parents as partners in their child's
3 growth; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Children from the ages of six weeks old to the
5 kindergarten years are welcome at the Center; their artwork is
6 displayed for all to see, and there are plants, an aviary and
7 aquarium, and other items to stimulate young minds; therefore,
8 be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 congratulate the staff of the Gertrude B. Nielsen Child Care
12 and Learning Center on this anniversary occasion; and be it
13 further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to Lana Weiner, Executive Director of the Gertrude B.
16 Nielsen Child Care and Learning Center.