Bill Text: IL HR0370 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Susan B. Friend on her retirement as Executive Director of the South East Association for Special Recreation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-09 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock [HR0370 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0370-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Susan B. Friend on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of the South | ||||||
| 5 | East Association for Special Recreation (SEASPAR) on July 7, | ||||||
| 6 | 2017; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Susan Friend joined SEASPAR in 1979 and has 38 | ||||||
| 8 | years of service with the organization; before joining SEASPAR, | ||||||
| 9 | she began her career at the Western DuPage Special Recreation | ||||||
| 10 | Association and has a total of 40 years experience serving the | ||||||
| 11 | recreation needs of individuals with disabilities; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Susan Friend served at SEASPAR as Superintendent | ||||||
| 13 | of Recreation during the organization's formative years and | ||||||
| 14 | became Executive Director in 2006; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Susan Friend served as president of the Special | ||||||
| 16 | Recreation Association of Northern Illinois and was the | ||||||
| 17 | director and a board member of the Illinois Therapeutic | ||||||
| 18 | Recreation Section (ITRS); and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Susan Friend has received the ITRS Special | ||||||
| 20 | Recognition Award, the ITRS Distinguished Service Award, the | ||||||
| 21 | ITRS Director's Award, and the Illinois Park and Recreation | ||||||
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| 1 | Association President's Award; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Susan Friend earned a bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 3 | recreation administration from Eastern Illinois University; | ||||||
| 4 | she served as Recreation Administration Alumni Association | ||||||
| 5 | President and received the Distinguished Alumni Award; she has | ||||||
| 6 | a master's degree in management from National Louis University; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Susan Friend is actively involved in her church | ||||||
| 9 | and local Kiwanis Club, where she has served as president; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, SEASPAR would not be where it is today without the | ||||||
| 11 | influence of Susan Friend; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 14 | congratulate Susan B. Friend on her retirement as Executive | ||||||
| 15 | Director of the South East Association for Special Recreation, | ||||||
| 16 | and we wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to Susan Friend as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 20 | respect.
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