Full Text of HR0447 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Glen Ellyn Area | 4 | | Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on 36 years of | 5 | | service in the western suburbs of Chicago and the 100-year | 6 | | anniversary of the national organization; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was | 8 | | founded January 13, 1913, by 22 African-American women on the | 9 | | campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.; the | 10 | | organization now has more than 300,000 members and nearly 1,000 | 11 | | chapters worldwide; it is the single largest African-American | 12 | | women's organization in the United States; January 1, 2013, | 13 | | marked the beginning of a year-long centennial anniversary | 14 | | celebration of the sorority's founding; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Glen Ellyn chapter of Delta Sigma Theta was | 16 | | chartered on January 23, 1977; it is one of the largest | 17 | | chapters in the State of Illinois with more than 300 members; | 18 | | they serve areas from Oak Park to Dekalb to Romeoville to | 19 | | Melrose Park and cover 6 counties including Cook, DuPage, Kane, | 20 | | Kendall, Will, and DeKalb; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Glen Ellyn chapter of Delta Sigma Theta has | 22 | | been a prominent entity in the western suburbs of Chicago by |
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| 1 | | providing voter registration drives, health screenings, | 2 | | financial planning seminars, healthy lifestyle | 3 | | recommendations, scholarships to college bound high school | 4 | | students, and educational programs for youth; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Glen Ellyn chapter of Delta Sigma Theta | 6 | | provides its services at no cost to the community and are | 7 | | funded by membership dues and grants received from the Minerva | 8 | | Educational Foundation; members provide hundreds of volunteer | 9 | | hours throughout the year to assist with these programs; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate the Glen Ellyn Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta | 14 | | Sigma Theta Sorority on 36 years of service in the western | 15 | | suburbs of Chicago and 100 years of global service by the | 16 | | national organization, Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated; and be | 17 | | it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the Glen Ellyn Area chapter of Delta Sigma Theta | 20 | | Sorority as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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