Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
5	5	3 Representatives wish to congratulate the YMCA of Springfield
6	6	4 (Springfield Y) on the occasion of its 150th anniversary; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, On March 25, 1874, the Springfield Y was formed
8	8	6 in the basement of First Presbyterian Church by a group of
9	9	7 individuals who saw a need to provide young men with reading
10	10	8 rooms and meeting spaces as an alternative to saloons; by
11	11	9 1885, the organization had constructed its first building,
12	12	10 which housed meeting spaces, education, exercise spaces, and a
13	13	11 dormitory for young men needing shelter; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, Before redirecting its focus on sports and
15	15	13 fitness, the Springfield Y stood at the forefront of
16	16	14 addressing the City of Springfield's joblessness through
17	17	15 creating and offering job training and work competency
18	18	16 programs for young men; and
19	19	17 WHEREAS, In the late 1800s, the Springfield Y expanded
20	20	18 into young men's sports by organizing baseball teams in the
21	21	19 area; the organization proceeded to offer basketball in 1891,
22	22	20 bringing basketball leagues to the area by 1908; and
23	23	21 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y constructed a new building at
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32	32	1 7th and Capital in 1908, and this property housed some of the
33	33	2 first structured fitness programs in Springfield, its
34	34	3 competitive sports programs, including basketball and
35	35	4 baseball, and one of the area's first indoor swimming pools,
36	36	5 which allowed the organization to begin offering swim lessons;
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38	38	7 WHEREAS, In the 1930s and 1940s, the Springfield Y created
39	39	8 a teen night club, which it hosted in the basement as a fun,
40	40	9 safe space for youth to gather and dance; and
41	41	10 WHEREAS, Due to the Great Depression and World War II, the
42	42	11 Springfield Y postponed constructing a new YMCA facility until
43	43	12 1962, when it opened a new building at 4th and Cook; and
44	44	13 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y helped bring youth soccer to
45	45	14 Springfield in 1967; the organization's soccer program became
46	46	15 nationally known by 1974, was one of the first coed youth
47	47	16 sports programs in the area, and is regarded as the genesis of
48	48	17 every youth, high school, and college soccer program in
49	49	18 central Illinois today; and
50	50	19 WHEREAS, In the early 1970s, the Springfield Y established
51	51	20 before and after school care for low-income families; and
52	52	21 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y permitted women to become full
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63	63	1 members in 1974, two years before the YMCA of the USA adopted
64	64	2 its policy and four years before it banned gender
65	65	3 discrimination nationwide; and
66	66	4 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y created a Women's Health Center
67	67	5 at its 4th and Cook location in 1980; that same year, the
68	68	6 organization also adopted a single parent discounted family
69	69	7 rate; and
70	70	8 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y opened a new day camp lodge,
71	71	9 YMCA Camp Wa-Kon-Tah, on Lake Springfield in 1988 to serve
72	72	10 more children attending its summer camp programs; and
73	73	11 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y celebrated its 125th
74	74	12 anniversary in 1999; and
75	75	13 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y opened its new $18 million
76	76	14 Kerasotes facility, which offered state-of-the-art fitness
77	77	15 facilities, pools, and child care facilities, to better serve
78	78	16 the community in 2011; and
79	79	17 WHEREAS, To replace its aging downtown structure, the
80	80	18 Springfield Y opened a new $33 million downtown facility at
81	81	19 4th and Carpenter in 2020; and
82	82	20 WHEREAS, After 56 years, the Springfield Y opened its own
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93	93	1 soccer fields to provide more opportunities for local youth at
94	94	2 its Kerasotes facility in 2023; and
95	95	3 WHEREAS, That same year, the Springfield Y distributed
96	96	4 4,000 food boxes and helped provide relief to local victims of
97	97	5 the historic storms that struck from June 29 to June 30; the
98	98	6 organization also provided over 1,400 at-risk and underserved
99	99	7 kids with several programs and activities, including summer
100	100	8 camps, sports, and after school spaces through its Strong Kids
101	101	9 Fund; and
102	102	10 WHEREAS, The Springfield Y will celebrate its 150th
103	103	11 anniversary with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a celebration
104	104	12 at the location of the organization's first meeting, First
105	105	13 Presbyterian Church, on March 25, 2024; therefore, be it
106	106	14 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
107	107	15 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
108	108	16 we congratulate the YMCA of Springfield (Springfield Y) on its
109	109	17 150th anniversary, thank the organization for its dedication
110	110	18 to serving the City of Springfield, and wish its staff and
111	111	19 volunteers continued success in the years to come; and be it
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113	113	21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
114	114	22 presented to the Springfield Y as an expression of our esteem
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