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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Patricia | ||||||
| 4 | Makris, Executive Director of the Children's Center of | ||||||
| 5 | Cicero/Berwyn; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, She was the Executive Director of The Children's | ||||||
| 7 | Center of Cicero/Berwyn since 1978; she dedicated her efforts, | ||||||
| 8 | as an advocate, for the children and parents of Cicero and | ||||||
| 9 | Berwyn; under her direction, the Children's Center grew from a | ||||||
| 10 | single site in the Grant Works neighborhood of Cicero to nine | ||||||
| 11 | separate sites serving over 1,500 families in Cicero and | ||||||
| 12 | Berwyn; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Beginning with a lone after-school day care | ||||||
| 14 | program, the agency currently offers Early Head Start, Head | ||||||
| 15 | Start, Preschool daycare, Infant-toddler daycare, Teen Parent | ||||||
| 16 | Training, At-risk Pre-kindergarten, Parent Education, Training | ||||||
| 17 | for At-home day care providers, and Parent & Child Programs; | ||||||
| 18 | and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Patricia Makris was recognized nationwide for her | ||||||
| 20 | expertise in infant, child, teen, and parent advocacy, and for | ||||||
| 21 | her professional contributions in the field of early childhood | ||||||
| 22 | development, day care, and not-for-profit, community agency | ||||||
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| 1 | management; over the years, she appeared as the keynote speaker | ||||||
| 2 | at countless educational conferences; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Ms. Makris' selfless efforts earned her unequaled | ||||||
| 4 | recognition and numerous community service awards; she served | ||||||
| 5 | the Cicero Rotary Club in many capacities, most recently, as | ||||||
| 6 | Vocational Service Director; she was also a member of the | ||||||
| 7 | Cicero Youth Task Force among other agencies and organizations; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Patricia Makris was the worthy recipient of awards | ||||||
| 10 | from organizations such as the Women's Business Development | ||||||
| 11 | Center, the Cicero Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Cicero | ||||||
| 12 | Youth Task Force, the Towns of Cicero and Berwyn, and many | ||||||
| 13 | more; she also received the Jack Kubik Humanitarian Award from | ||||||
| 14 | Seguin RCA, and Outstanding Executive Director Award from | ||||||
| 15 | George Williams College; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Patricia Makris attended the University of | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois and Western Michigan University, earning a B.S Degree | ||||||
| 18 | in Education; she was awarded an MBA from Roosevelt University; | ||||||
| 19 | she began her teaching career in the inner-city and at Plato | ||||||
| 20 | Greek School in Chicago; in addition, she taught for Cicero | ||||||
| 21 | School District #99 at Roosevelt School; and she took her | ||||||
| 22 | educational talents to Greece for several years, where she | ||||||
| 23 | taught English; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | mourn, along with the many lives she touched, the passing of | ||||||
| 4 | Patricia Makris; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Patricia Makris as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 7 | sincere sympathy.
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