File #: 17-1609    Version: 1 Name: HONORING BISHOP DR. CLAUDE PORTER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 2/1/2017 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 2/7/2017 Final action: 2/7/2017
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING BISHOP DR. CLAUDE PORTER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY WHEREAS, Bishop Dr. Claude Porter was born on January 21, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee; and WHEREAS, Bishop Porter celebrated his 80th birthday on January 21, 2017; and WHEREAS, Bishop Porter has more than 45 years of experience in social services having founded Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc. with a single employment training grant in 1968; and, WHEREAS, He is also the Founder and President of the Porter Family Center, the President of Maywood Phoenix Homes Senior Citizens Project, the Executive Vice President of the West Suburban NAACP and the Founder, Bishop and Pastor of Proviso Missionary Baptist Church located in Maywood, Illinois; and, WHEREAS, Bishop Porter is a member of several boards in and around the West Suburban Cook County area and Chairman of the Proviso Township Ministerial Alliance Network (PT-MAN); and, WHEREAS, Bishop Porter is the past recipient of the ...
Sponsors: RICHARD R. BOYKIN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

HONORING BISHOP DR. CLAUDE PORTER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

 

WHEREAS, Bishop Dr. Claude Porter was born on January 21, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee; and

 

WHEREAS, Bishop Porter celebrated his 80th birthday on January 21, 2017; and

 

WHEREAS, Bishop Porter has more than 45 years of experience in social services having founded Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc. with a single employment training grant in 1968; and,

 

WHEREAS, He is also the Founder and President of the Porter Family Center, the President of Maywood Phoenix Homes Senior Citizens Project, the Executive Vice President of the West Suburban NAACP and the Founder, Bishop and Pastor of Proviso Missionary Baptist Church located in Maywood, Illinois; and,

 

WHEREAS, Bishop Porter is a member of several boards in and around the West Suburban Cook County area and Chairman of the Proviso Township Ministerial Alliance Network (PT-MAN); and,

 

WHEREAS, Bishop Porter is the past recipient of the Humanitarian Award, the Community Spirit Award, Business of the Year Award, Pioneer Award H.H.S. Head Start and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Partners for Progress; and,

 

WHEREAS, Bishop Porter is a role model to the youth, and he is someone that should be continually recognized for all his hard work and dedication he has for his community.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners that Bishop Dr. Claude Porter is to be honored and celebrated for his 80th birthday, and that the sincere appreciation of the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners be extended to Bishop Dr. Claude Porter for his service to his Church and to the wider community.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, this is where you ask for further action or where you ask for ceremonial copies of your resolution to be sent to the person or organizations being memorialized.

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