Full Text of HR0424 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend the many local businesses that | 4 | | donated their time, money, and support to O'Fallon Fraternal | 5 | | Order of the Police Lodge 198 in order to bestow a | 6 | | custom-designed, 14-passenger bus to the Parent Teacher | 7 | | Organization for Exceptional Children; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Parent Teacher Organization for Exceptional | 9 | | Children (PTOEC) was founded by parents, teachers, and | 10 | | community members to offer individuals with intellectual | 11 | | disabilities a united opportunity to socialize and participate | 12 | | in individual and team sports; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The PTOEC was in dire need of a new vehicle due to | 14 | | its prior transportation being in poor working condition and | 15 | | not wheelchair accessible; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, When O'Fallon Fraternal Order of the Police (FOP) | 17 | | Lodge 198 discovered that the PTOEC could not afford new | 18 | | transportation, the order enlisted the help of several local | 19 | | businesses to help raise the money and provide the labor | 20 | | necessary to work on fine-tuning a new bus; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, O'Fallon FOP Lodge 198 received overwhelming |
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| 1 | | support from local businesses to make a $25,000 donation, the | 2 | | largest the order has ever made as an organization, to the | 3 | | PTOEC; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ford of South Beach Motors in Pontoon Beach | 5 | | helped locate and purchase a bus at auction; he then drove to | 6 | | Nebraska to pick up the bus and drove it back; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Moreland Auto Body of Lebanon donated its time | 8 | | for repairs to make the bus look new again; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Tactical Towing & Recovery Inc. of Belleville | 10 | | towed the bus, at no charge, to Mission Accomplished Tire and | 11 | | Auto in Belleville, who in turn made the bus roadworthy and | 12 | | donated both tune up and maintenance packages for bus upkeep | 13 | | at no cost; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Southern Bus & Mobility of Breese serviced the | 15 | | vehicle's wheelchair lift, replaced the roof, and installed | 16 | | additional seats to ensure it was safe for all passengers at no | 17 | | cost; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, United Ink of Belleville donated time and labor | 19 | | to design and install a new vinyl wrap on the bus; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Romano's License Service in O'Fallon donated the |
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| 1 | | registration fees and document filing necessary to make the | 2 | | bus street legal; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, On September 15, 2023, O'Fallon FOP Lodge 198 | 4 | | surprised the athletes of PTOEC at their monthly fun night by | 5 | | gifting them their new custom-designed, 14-passenger bus; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The PTOEC's new bus will allow the organization | 7 | | to better support its athletes by getting them to Special | 8 | | Olympics events, whether local or further away, safely; | 9 | | therefore, be it | 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we commend the many local businesses that donated their time, | 13 | | money, and support to O'Fallon Fraternal Order of the Police | 14 | | (FOP) Lodge 198 in order to bestow a custom-designed, | 15 | | 14-passenger bus to the Parent Teacher Organization for | 16 | | Exceptional Children (PTOEC); and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 | | delivered to O'Fallon FOP Lodge 198, South Beach Motors, | 19 | | Moreland Auto Body, Tactical Towing & Recovery Inc., Mission | 20 | | Accomplished Tire and Auto, Southern Bus & Mobility, United | 21 | | Ink, and Romano's License Service as a symbol of our esteem and | 22 | | respect. |
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