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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Abraham Lincoln Centre will celebrate 100 
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years of service at its annual Humanitarian Award Dinner on 
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Friday, October 7, 2005; the theme for the dinner is 
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"Celebrating a Century of Preparing People for Life"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The organization will present special awards in 
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the categories of community partner, corporate, government, 
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and humanitarian to recognize those who have been committed to 
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providing the support that is needed for the continued success 
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of the 100-year old agency; this year's honorees include the 
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Angelo Geocaris Family (Humanitarian Award), the Walgreen 
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Company (the Jenkin Lloyd Jones Corporate Award), the Horace 
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Mann Ambridge Neighborhood Improvement Organization (the 
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Cordell Reed Community Partnership Award), and Alderman Toni 
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Preckwinkle, 4th Ward (The Angelo Geocaris Government Award); 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Abraham Lincoln Centre (ALC) was founded in 
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1905 as an outreach ministry of the All Souls Unitarian Church; 
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during the early years, agency activities were focused on the 
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masses of European immigrants who had settled in the area; the 
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agency became a facility that conducted classes to teach 
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American customs, the English language, and a meeting place to 
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visit with fellow countrymen; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2005, as the ALC celebrates 100 years of 
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service to Chicago's south side communities and residents, the 
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communities are changing; major redevelopment activities are 
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relocating long-time residents from the area and bringing an 
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influx of new residents; the agency is planning now in order to 
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be instrumental in empowering both the newly arriving and 
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remaining residents with skills to improve their well-being, 
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thereby fulfilling its mission "To serve Chicago's greater 
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south side communities by assisting the residents in their 
 


 






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effort to be self-sufficient and to live healthy, productive 
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lives"; 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 
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we congratulate the Abraham Lincoln Centre on 100 years of 
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addressing the needs of low-income, disadvantaged individuals 
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and families on Chicago's South Side; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the Abraham Lincoln Centre as an expression of our 
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respect and esteem.