File #: 14-5546    Version: 1 Name: Croatian Woman Society-85th Anniversary
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 9/18/2014 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/8/2014 Final action: 10/8/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CROATIAN WOMAN SOCIETY-85TH ANNIVERSARY WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that the Croatian Woman Society is celebrating its 85th Anniversary on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the Croatian Cultural Center, and WHEREAS, founded in Zagreb, Croatia, the Croatian Woman Society had a simple mission, to help Croatians who are in need and less fortunate, and WHEREAS, only a few years later its first branch would open in Chicago in 1929, and WHEREAS, its roots are founded in basic Christian charity and functions to promote Croatian culture in America, and WHEREAS, during the 1930s and 1940s the Croatian Woman Society worked with the Red Cross to aid local hospitals by sending packages and tending to the wounded, and WHEREAS, in the1990s the organization strengthened its ties to the Croatian government and the Catholic Church on the road to freedom, and WHEREAS, during the Croatian War of Independence...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
 
CROATIAN WOMAN SOCIETY-85TH ANNIVERSARY
 
WHEREAS,  it has come to the attention of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that the Croatian Woman Society is celebrating its 85th Anniversary on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the Croatian Cultural Center, and
 
WHEREAS, founded in Zagreb, Croatia, the Croatian Woman Society had a simple mission, to help Croatians who are in need and less fortunate, and
 
WHEREAS, only a few years later its first branch would open in Chicago in 1929, and
 
WHEREAS, its roots are founded in basic Christian charity and functions to promote Croatian culture in America, and
 
WHEREAS, during the 1930s and 1940s the Croatian Woman Society worked with the Red Cross to aid local hospitals by sending packages and tending to the wounded, and
 
WHEREAS, in the1990s the organization strengthened its ties to the Croatian government and the Catholic Church on the road to freedom, and
 
WHEREAS, during the Croatian War of Independence the organization sent shipments of humanitarian aid that amounted to more than $10 million in value, and
 
WHEREAS, the Croatian Woman Society has aided many groups here in Chicago, including Mercy Home, Children's Memorial Hospital, and Misericordia, and
 
WHEREAS, the Croatian Woman Society has a rich history in Chicago, filled with good willed action, heartfelt love, and support for all things related to love, humanity, and Croatian culture; and
 
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby extend its warmest wishes and congratulations to the Croatian Woman Society on its 85th Anniversary, and honors them for keeping true to their motto of "it is good to do good;" and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and an official copy of same be presented to the Croatian Woman Society to commemorate this joyous occasion.
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