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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of this Body that
3 the Rich Township Unity Coalition, the Village of Olympia
4 Fields, the Village of Park Forest, Rich Township High School
5 District 227, and numerous south suburban churches,
6 organizations, and volunteers joined together to participate
7 in Rich Township Unity Day on September 26, 1999; and
8 WHEREAS, Rich Township Unity Day joined over 6,500
9 residents of Chicago's south suburbs in celebration of
10 diversity; and
11 WHEREAS, Rich Township Unity Day accomplished a mission
12 to establish communication and action that celebrate the
13 cultural diversity and racial richness of Rich Township and
14 positively influenced local, metropolitan, and national
15 perceptions of the Southland communities; and
16 WHEREAS, Rich Township Unity Day and Hands Across the
17 Southland represented a unified and regional effort
18 demonstrating the Township's diversity, its quality of life,
19 and the strength of its communities; and
20 WHEREAS, The success of Rich Township Unity Day is a
21 result of the residents, schools, organizations, and
22 volunteers who devoted their time and efforts to making Rich
23 Township Unity Day work; therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we congratulate the residents of Rich Township and
27 surrounding communities on their participation in Rich
28 Township Unity Day and extend our sincere gratitude for their
29 dedication to the expansion of cultural awareness; and be it
30 further
31 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of the resolution be
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1 presented to all involved in the success of Rich Township
2 Unity Day.