Bill Text: IL HR0298 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares April 2019 as Ambucs Appreciation Month in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer [HR0298 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0298-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Ambucs is a national nonprofit charitable | ||||||
3 | organization with a diverse membership comprised of local civic | ||||||
4 | clubs located throughout the United States dedicated to | ||||||
5 | inspiring mobility and independence for people with | ||||||
6 | disabilities by performing community service, providing | ||||||
7 | Amtryke therapeutic tricycles for children with disabilities, | ||||||
8 | and providing scholarships for therapists; and
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9 | WHEREAS, There are 14 Ambucs Chapters located in the State | ||||||
10 | of Illinois and devoted to the mission of National Ambucs, | ||||||
11 | namely, Cornbelt Bloomington Ambucs, Champaign-Urbana Ambucs, | ||||||
12 | Danville Ambucs, Decatur-Lincolnland Ambucs, Jacksonville | ||||||
13 | Ambucs, Pekin Ambucs, Rock River Ambucs, Springfield Ambucs, | ||||||
14 | Sullivan Ambucs, Windy City Ambucs, I-80 Ottawa Ambucs, Greater | ||||||
15 | Champaign County Ambucs, Grundy Area Ambucs, and South Eastern | ||||||
16 | Ambucs; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The number of Ambucs actively involved in their | ||||||
18 | local and national Ambucs Chapters in the State of Illinois | ||||||
19 | totals 646, with the largest Ambucs Chapter in the entire | ||||||
20 | National Ambucs network being the Springfield Ambucs Chapter | ||||||
21 | with 205 members and friends; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Ambucs Chapters and Ambuc individuals throughout |
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1 | the State of Illinois annually and freely contribute thousands | ||||||
2 | of hours of community service and hundreds of thousands of | ||||||
3 | dollars of monetary gifts toward providing Amtrykes to disabled | ||||||
4 | children, endowing scholarships for therapy students, building | ||||||
5 | ramps for disabled persons, and numerous other deserving local | ||||||
6 | and national projects; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
8 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | we declare April 2019 Ambucs Appreciation Month in the State of | ||||||
10 | Illinois to honor the accomplishments, unequaled charitable | ||||||
11 | giving, and selfless contributions of the individual Ambucs and | ||||||
12 | Ambuc Chapters throughout the State.
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