Full Text of HR0557 95th General Assembly
HR0557 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mary Ellen | 4 |
| Eversman for being the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni | 5 |
| Award, the Sisters of St. Francis Award for Distinguished | 6 |
| Achievement in Volunteerism; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Eversman was born in Effingham in 1938; | 8 |
| as a young child, she adopted her mother's spirit of giving; | 9 |
| she always brought home children who no one else wanted to play | 10 |
| with; at age 10, she was spending her money on small presents | 11 |
| to take to the elderly in nursing homes; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Eversman stepped up her efforts when | 13 |
| she attended Marian College in Indianapolis by studying social | 14 |
| work; there she played basketball, volleyball, tennis, and | 15 |
| swimming, while still making time to help others; she began her | 16 |
| career in service through two internships during college; she | 17 |
| worked for the American Red Cross, scanning newspapers to find | 18 |
| victims needing assistance, and she also worked for Catholic | 19 |
| Charities, accompanying social workers when they visited the | 20 |
| poor, the hungry, and others in need; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from Marian College with a | 22 |
| Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1960, Mary Ellen Eversman |
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| returned to Effingham, where she began her career in social | 2 |
| work that spanned three decades;
she was a caseworker for a | 3 |
| year, then was promoted to a supervisor position, where she | 4 |
| worked with government agencies to find resources for other | 5 |
| people; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Eversman continued helping others in | 7 |
| need after her retirement in 1991; she has ministered to | 8 |
| shut-ins, transported the disabled to Sunday Mass, assisted at | 9 |
| Sacred Heart Church in Effingham, and served as a pastoral care | 10 |
| volunteer at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham;
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| has recently extended her efforts beyond people to include | 12 |
| needy animals; she volunteers at Effingham County Humane | 13 |
| Society and is currently working to fund the purchase of land | 14 |
| and construction of a building for the Humane Society; she also | 15 |
| assists in fundraising for the Humane Society; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Eversman also writes poems and | 17 |
| children's literature in her spare time; she has written many | 18 |
| books with the proceeds going to different causes and | 19 |
| organizations, including helping to fund the building drive for | 20 |
| the Effingham County Humane Society; and
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| WHEREAS, On June 29, 2007, Mary Ellen Eversman will be | 22 |
| presented with a Distinguished Alumni Award, the Sisters of St. | 23 |
| Francis Award for Distinguished Achievement in Volunteerism in |
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| recognition of her great deeds; therefore, be it | 2 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| congratulate Mary Ellen Eversman for being the recipient of the | 5 |
| Distinguished Alumni Award, the Sisters of St. Francis Award | 6 |
| for Distinguished Achievement in Volunteerism, and wish her | 7 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to Mary Ellen Eversman as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 |
| respect.
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