Bill Text: IL HR0743 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0743 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0743-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior | ||||||
3 | Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program is a volunteer program | ||||||
4 | based around the Center for Senior Citizens in Glendale | ||||||
5 | Heights; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Center for Senior Citizens offers | ||||||
7 | comprehensive senior citizen resources, innovated programing, | ||||||
8 | informational sessions, social events, and exciting trips; the | ||||||
9 | Center includes a game room, fitness room, arts and crafts | ||||||
10 | room, a full service salon, and a library with four computer | ||||||
11 | stations with internet access; the Center currently has just | ||||||
12 | under 2,000 members; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Volunteerism is an important part of The Center; | ||||||
14 | this volunteerism is overseen by the Senior Citizens Volunteer | ||||||
15 | Advisory Committee; the Committee typically meets every month | ||||||
16 | to discuss how the Center and the Village of Glendale Heights | ||||||
17 | can continue to provide support and resources for the Senior | ||||||
18 | Community; and
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19 | WHEREAS, In 2018, the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee | ||||||
20 | organized events such as bake sales and lunch-n-learns that | ||||||
21 | included lessons on healthy eating choices at fast food | ||||||
22 | restaurants, the basics of diabetes management and how good |
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1 | nutrition plays a role in preventing diabetes complications, | ||||||
2 | and encouraging healthy cooking during the holiday seasons; and
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3 | WHEREAS, In 2018, 61 individuals volunteered 1,879 hours to | ||||||
4 | benefit the Center; trained Center volunteer counselors | ||||||
5 | provide one-on-one assistance to Medicare beneficiaries and | ||||||
6 | their caregivers; volunteers also collect donations for the | ||||||
7 | Center's Holiday Luncheon, run the Center's very popular weekly | ||||||
8 | Bingo activity, operate a meals-on-wheels program, hold | ||||||
9 | informational sessions on important social service topics to | ||||||
10 | keep Seniors educated, and generally provide extra support for | ||||||
11 | the Center as needed; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Volunteers are also encouraged to create their own | ||||||
13 | activities for the seniors; activities that volunteers have | ||||||
14 | developed include knitting and crocheting classes, game days in | ||||||
15 | the Center's recreation room, and craft related projects; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The Governor's Hometown Awards program gives | ||||||
17 | formal recognition to those who contributed to their | ||||||
18 | community's quality of life through projects that had strong | ||||||
19 | volunteer support, met a need, and made a definitive impact; | ||||||
20 | and
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21 | WHEREAS, The Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior | ||||||
22 | Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program was 2019's Governor's |
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1 | Hometown Award winner in its Seniors Category; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | we congratulate the Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior | ||||||
5 | Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program on being selected as a | ||||||
6 | 2019 Governor's Hometown Award project winner; and be it | ||||||
7 | further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be | ||||||
9 | delivered to the Glendale Heights Mayor's Center for Senior | ||||||
10 | Citizens Volunteer Initiative Program as a symbol of our | ||||||
11 | respect and esteem.
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