File #: 14-3736    Version: 1 Name: Crisis Center for South Suburbia Resolution
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 6/13/2014 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/18/2014 Final action: 6/18/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE CRISIS CENTER FOR SOUTH SUBURBIA WHEREAS, this year, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia commemorates 35 years of service, safety, strength and hope for victims of family violence in south and southwestern suburban Cook County; and WHEREAS, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a nonprofit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other essential services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence, while addressing the societal issues that contribute to domestic violence; and WHEREAS, founded in 1979, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia remains the only residential shelter for its catchment area of over 800,000 people of the ten townships south of Chicago and provides a 35 bed facility for women and their children, a 24-hour crisis hotline, counseling services, a speakers bureau, court advocacy, dating violence prevention, family care management, partner abuse prevention and many more vit...
Sponsors: JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
 
A RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE CRISIS CENTER FOR SOUTH SUBURBIA
 
 
WHEREAS, this year, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia commemorates 35 years of service, safety, strength and hope for victims of family violence in south and southwestern suburban Cook County; and
 
WHEREAS, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a nonprofit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other essential services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence, while addressing the societal issues that contribute to domestic violence; and
 
WHEREAS, founded in 1979, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia remains the only residential shelter for its catchment area of over 800,000 people of the ten townships south of Chicago and provides a 35 bed facility for women and their children, a 24-hour crisis hotline, counseling services, a speakers bureau, court advocacy, dating violence prevention, family care management, partner abuse prevention and many more vital programs; and
 
WHEREAS, through weekly counseling and group sessions, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia empowers victims of domestic violence to find the strength to walk away from a tumultuous relationship, gain their independence and become confident, productive members of our society - free of abuse; and
 
WHEREAS, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia is funded from government grants, private donations and the proceeds from the Center's Neat Repeats Resale Stores located in Worth and Orland Park as well as annual fundraising events; and
 
WHEREAS, through the tireless, committed efforts of the Crisis Center for South Suburbia  Board of Directors, 40 staff members and 250 dedicated volunteers, 55,000 lives have been touched, affording countless opportunities for those affected by domestic violence to improve their lives and end the cycle of abuse.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby congratulate the Crisis Center for South Suburbia upon its 35th anniversary and wishes continued success to this venerable organization in the future; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Crisis Center for South Suburbia in recognition of its achievements and good works and that it also be spread upon the proceedings of this honorable body.
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