Full Text of HR0845 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Michele "Mickey" Haldeman on | 4 | | her commitment to foster care through her work with SOS | 5 | | Children's Villages Illinois; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Founded over 30 years ago, SOS Children's | 7 | | Villages Illinois is an award-winning, non-profit organization | 8 | | that strives to keep siblings together while providing an | 9 | | individual licensed home in a supportive, community | 10 | | environment that marshals all the resources needed to help | 11 | | at-risk youth in foster care heal and achieve their permanency | 12 | | goals; the non-profit currently operates four sites, three | 13 | | Villages that provide sibling group foster care, located in | 14 | | Lockport and the Auburn Gresham and the Roosevelt Square | 15 | | Community neighborhoods of Chicago, and the Casa Tepeyac | 16 | | facility that offers preventative and in-home services, which | 17 | | is located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago; | 18 | | and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Mickey Haldeman was the very first foster parent | 20 | | to serve SOS Children's Villages Illinois; her journey began | 21 | | with a deep-seated love for children, first manifested through | 22 | | babysitting and later while working as a daycare director; she | 23 | | joined SOS Children's Villages after responding to an |
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| 1 | | advertisement for a foster parent position with the | 2 | | organization in Wisconsin; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, For over three decades, Mickey Haldeman has | 4 | | served as a caregiver to over 40 children, adopting two of her | 5 | | own; she has operated out of the organization's Lockport | 6 | | Village, where she has raised many children from infancy to | 7 | | adulthood; as trends in foster care have progressed towards a | 8 | | model of permanency, she has continued her work as a nurturer | 9 | | of sibling groups and as a leader within the organization's | 10 | | community; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Mickey Haldeman has brought stability and love to | 12 | | the children in her care through her unwavering commitment to | 13 | | foster care, and the nurturing environment she has established | 14 | | has allowed these children to heal, grow, and thrive; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Mickey Haldeman's dedication and compassionate | 16 | | approach have profoundly impacted the lives of many children, | 17 | | and she has been noted for exuding understanding and patience | 18 | | in the course of her duties as a foster parent; therefore, be | 19 | | it | 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we recognize Michele "Mickey" Haldeman on her commitment to |
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| 1 | | foster care through her work with SOS Children's Villages | 2 | | Illinois, and we thank her for her continued service in caring | 3 | | for at-risk children in the State of Illinois; and be it | 4 | | further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Mickey Haldeman as an expression of our esteem | 7 | | and respect. |
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