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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are proud to congratulate the Highland Park
4 Senior Center on receiving a 2002 Governor's Home Town Award
5 for its Kid Courier Program; and
6 WHEREAS, The Highland Park Senior Center has coordinated,
7 along with Elm Place Middle School, the Kid Courier Program,
8 an intergenerational program that pairs junior high students
9 with senior citizens in need of assistance; the Kid Couriers
10 shop for seniors twice a month, filling grocery lists
11 prepared by the seniors, most of whom live in two subsidized
12 senior apartment buildings; the seniors look forward to
13 seeing their young friends, while the young people get to
14 learn about another generation and reap the satisfaction of
15 providing a much-needed service; the program has become quite
16 popular and now has high school and college students
17 participating; in 2001, 47 students took part in the program;
18 and
19 WHEREAS, The Highland Park Senior Center will receive its
20 2002 Governor's Home Town Award at the annual Governor's Home
21 Town Awards Banquet, which will be held on June 25, 2002, at
22 the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield;
23 therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we congratulate the Highland Park Senior Center on receiving
27 a 2002 Governor's Home Town Award; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to Charlotte Landsman, Director of Youth and Senior
30 Services, Marla Schachtel, Program Supervisor of Youth and
31 Senior Services, Paula Cyphers, Senior Center Social Worker,
32 and Laura Frey, Senior Center Program Supervisor.