File #: 15-2040    Version: 1 Name: National Rebuilding Day Resolution
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 3/3/2015 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 3/11/2015 Final action: 3/11/2015
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION NATIONAL REBUILDING DAY WHEREAS, Rebuilding Together*Metro Chicago, a volunteer organization preserving and revitalizing low-income homes and communities, repaired its first home in 1992 in suburban Cook County, and has rehabilitated more than 1,400 homes; and WHEREAS, Rebuilding Together*Metro Chicago is part of a national nonprofit program, which sponsors National Rebuilding Day across the country on the last Saturday in April; and WHEREAS, every year a different neighborhood is selected in Cook County in which to provide home repair for elderly, disabled, or low income individuals; and WHEREAS, this year on Saturday, April 25th, low income homeowners will receive much needed aid as part of National Rebuilding Day 2015; and WHEREAS, more than 3,000 volunteers annually, including Cook County employees, donate their time and talents to plan and complete hundreds of free home repairs for residents in Cook County through Rebuilding Together*Metro Ch...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), GREGG GOSLIN, PETER N. SILVESTRI, ROBERT STEELE, JOHN P. DALEY, LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, STANLEY MOORE, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

NATIONAL REBUILDING DAY

WHEREAS, Rebuilding Together*Metro Chicago, a volunteer organization preserving and revitalizing low-income homes and communities, repaired its first home in 1992 in suburban Cook County, and has rehabilitated more than 1,400 homes; and

WHEREAS, Rebuilding Together*Metro Chicago is part of a national nonprofit program, which sponsors National Rebuilding Day across the country on the last Saturday in April; and

WHEREAS, every year a different neighborhood is selected in Cook County in which to provide home repair for elderly, disabled, or low income individuals; and

WHEREAS, this year on Saturday, April 25th, low income homeowners will receive much needed aid as part of National Rebuilding Day 2015; and

WHEREAS, more than 3,000 volunteers annually, including Cook County employees, donate their time and talents to plan and complete hundreds of free home repairs for residents in Cook County through Rebuilding Together*Metro Chicago's volunteer teams; and

WHEREAS, this year's event will take place in Maywood; and

WHEREAS, repairs focus on keeping homeowners "warm, safe and dry" and also improve access for low-income seniors, veterans and people with disabilities; and

WHEREAS, Rebuilding Together*Metro Chicago is an example of Cook County and other local governments working in partnership with private corporations to assist residents and communities in need; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, do hereby recognize and express Cook County's sincere gratitude to Rebuilding Together*Metro Chicago and its participating companies, as we work together to restore homes to a warm, safe, and dry condition; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Bureau of Economic Development, Bureau of Administration and the Bureau of Asset Management continue to work annually with Rebuilding Together*Metro ...

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