Full Text of HR0522 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Evelyn Young, | 4 | | executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of | 5 | | Bloomington-Normal, on her new job as the executive director of | 6 | | the Downtown Porter Branch at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater | 7 | | Memphis, Tennessee; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, She opened the Boys & Girls Club of | 9 | | Bloomington-Normal in 1992 and has served as the executive | 10 | | director since its inception; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The community is losing a valued asset in Evelyn | 12 | | Young, who has worked for 34 years with the Boys & Girls Clubs | 13 | | in various locales, including Danville and Omaha, Nebraska; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Memphis Boys & Girls Clubs have 6 facilities, | 15 | | serve over 7,000 children and teens, and have a large operating | 16 | | budget; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Boys & Girls Clubs provide after-school and summer | 18 | | programs for youth, including homework assistance, music, | 19 | | sports, and recreation programs; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In addition to her duties at the Boys & Girls |
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| 1 | | Club, she has also been a foster parent through the Department | 2 | | of Children and Family Services of Bloomington-Normal; worked | 3 | | as a permanent volunteer at the Illinois Department of | 4 | | Corrections, in
Lincoln; worked with the
McLean County Child | 5 | | Protection Network
Court as an Appointed Special Advocate | 6 | | (CASA); and has served on the Normal Human Relations Commission | 7 | | for 14 years, and currently serves as Chairperson; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate Evelyn Young on her new position and thank her | 12 | | for her years of service to the young people of | 13 | | Bloomington-Normal; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Evelyn Young as a symbol of our respect and | 16 | | esteem.
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