HR0537

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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to recognize Louise Schweinfurth 
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of Olympia Fields on the occasion of her 80th birthday; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1963 Louise Schweinfurth opened the doors of 
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Good Shepherd Center for Exceptional Children with a class of 
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three students; and

 
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    WHEREAS, By 1969 there were forty students, a new bus 
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purchased with 250,000 Betty Crocker labels to transport the 
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young people, and a bigger teaching area donated by the 
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Flossmoor Community Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Good Shepherd Center was started to accommodate 
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children with disabilities and special needs; Louise 
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Schweinfurth began speaking to the General Assembly in the 
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1970s about early education of mentally and physically 
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challenged children; after the passage of the Individuals with 
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Disabilities Education Act was passed the school began taking 
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children in from birth to three years of age; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Louise Schweinfurth also helped to shape Early 
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Intervention, In-Home Respite Care, and Lekotek Services in 
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Illinois; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Louise Schweinfurth somehow also found the time to 
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raise her three daughters during the 31 years she ran the 
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school; today the school provides services, both directly and 
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indirectly, to over 10,000 families in Cook and Will counties; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Louise Schweinfurth on her 80th birthday; that we 
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commend her for achieving a long and fulfilling life, and we 
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wish her continued happiness and good health in the future; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Louise Schweinfurth as a symbol of our esteem.