Full Text of HR1318 095th General Assembly
HR1318 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 Michelle Knapp on | 4 |
| the occasion of her 25th anniversary of service with the | 5 |
| Together Program at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Michelle Knapp is a resident of Edgewater; she | 7 |
| attended Hayt Elementary School and Senn Nicholas High School | 8 |
| and raised two sons, Chris and Adam in the neighborhood | 9 |
| together with her husband Gary; and
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| WHEREAS, Michelle Knapp is a registered nurse who has been | 11 |
| caring for others for more than 30 years; she currently divides | 12 |
| her time as a Parish Nurse between Immanuel Evangelical | 13 |
| Lutheran Church and Ebenezar Lutheran Church; as a Parish | 14 |
| Nurse, she performs the roles of health educator, personal | 15 |
| health counselor, referral source, facilitator of small | 16 |
| groups, and integrator of faith and health; she also performs | 17 |
| visits to the church's members at church, at home, in the | 18 |
| hospital, and at other health care facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Michelle Knapp is the founder of the Together | 20 |
| Program at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church; the Together | 21 |
| Program consists of three separate playgroups for both children | 22 |
| ages 0-5 and their parents or caregivers; these weekly |
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| playgroups provide a fun safe place for children to play, | 2 |
| socialize, and make friends in the community; she teaches two | 3 |
| of five sessions weekly and has been singing songs, telling | 4 |
| stories, making art projects, and reaching out to families in | 5 |
| The Together Program for 25 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Michelle Knapp will celebrate her 25th | 7 |
| anniversary with The Together Program at a celebration in her | 8 |
| honor on May 24, 2008 from 10 AM to 12 PM at Immanuel | 9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church's Olin Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Through her work as a Parish Nurse and as founder | 11 |
| of The Together Program, Michelle Knapp has touched many lives | 12 |
| throughout Edgewater, Andersonville, and Rogers Park and has | 13 |
| shown a deep commitment to the families in her community; | 14 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate Michelle Knapp on the occasion of her 25th | 18 |
| anniversary of service with the Together Program and wish her | 19 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Michelle Knapp as a symbol of our esteem and |
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| respect.
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