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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Joliet Area/South Suburban Alumnae Chapter of |
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| the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., has received a Disney |
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| Hand Minnie Grant; and
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| WHEREAS, The Sorority was one of 75 winners chosen from |
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| over 400 applicants from across the nation; the grant is |
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| administered by Youth Service America and funded by Disney, and |
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| is used to underwrite youth service projects for National Youth |
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| Service Day; and
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| WHEREAS, The young ladies who participate in Delta Academy |
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| (middle school) and My D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. (high school) will visit |
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| Jones Memorial Community Center in Chicago Heights on Saturday, |
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| April 16, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, They will participate in literacy and arts |
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| activities with 150 students from grades Pre-K thru Sixth; the |
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| girls, along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., members and |
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| other volunteers will read stories to students and will also |
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| help them create their own stories; a parent workshop for |
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| approximately 50 parents will also occur that day; this project |
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| addresses the importance of literacy and the arts for |
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| disadvantaged families in the Chicago Heights community; and
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| WHEREAS, The goals of National Youth Service Day are to |
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| mobilize youths as leaders to identify and address the needs of |
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| their communities through service and service-learning, to |
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| support youth on a lifelong path of service and civic |
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| engagement, and to educate the public, the media, and |
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| policymakers about the year-round contributions of young |
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| people as community leaders; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |