Bill Text: IL HR0736 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Thanks the members of the Youth Conservation Corps for their efforts in the aftermath of the tornado in Wildwood.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0736 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0736-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On August 2, 2015, Wildwood in Lake County was hit | ||||||
| 3 | by a tornado; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, In the face of this disaster, the Youth | ||||||
| 5 | Conservation Corps, staffed by Tom Berry, Bill Foltz, Tyrone | ||||||
| 6 | McGee, Marvin Reddick, Ben Richards, Robert Shears, and Fred | ||||||
| 7 | Williams, went to work to help those who were in desperate need | ||||||
| 8 | of support; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Youth Conservation Corps is a summer | ||||||
| 10 | employment program that brings together young adults ages 15 to | ||||||
| 11 | 18 in an effort to restore and protect natural parks; while | ||||||
| 12 | their work projects typically involve tasks such as the removal | ||||||
| 13 | of invasive plants and habitat preservation, when called upon | ||||||
| 14 | during this crisis, they proved to be capable of much more; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, After the tornado hit, these young leaders, whose | ||||||
| 16 | members included Ragean Anderson, Julian Amos, Cody Bond, Chris | ||||||
| 17 | Coburn, Emanuel Cruz, Irene Hernandez, Jose Lopez, Kwentin | ||||||
| 18 | Mayfield, Sierra Riley, Joshua Robles, Daviontae Sims, Tamera | ||||||
| 19 | Wallace, and Dale Watson, jumped into action, clearing fallen | ||||||
| 20 | debris and helping members of the community cope with what had | ||||||
| 21 | just happened; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, To date, these 13 Youth Conservation Corps members | ||||||
| 2 | and 7 Youth Conservation Corps staff have engaged in over 250 | ||||||
| 3 | service hours and positively impacted not only the 11 homes | ||||||
| 4 | which they helped clear, but also a large park operated by the | ||||||
| 5 | Wildwood Park District; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 8 | thank the members of the Youth Conservation Corps for their | ||||||
| 9 | efforts in the aftermath of the tornado in Wildwood, not only | ||||||
| 10 | on behalf of the residents whose houses they cleared, but also | ||||||
| 11 | on behalf of the entire community of Wildwood and the citizens | ||||||
| 12 | of this State; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the Youth Conservation Corps as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 15 | thanks and appreciation for their service to the Wildwood | ||||||
| 16 | community and the State of Illinois.
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