CONGRATULATIONS EXTENDED TO LAMBS FARM ON CELEBRATING ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a variety of activities, leading up to a very special evening: Lamias Farm 50th Anniversary Gala, Growing the Legacy, on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at the Hilton Chicago; and '
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this significant occasion by The Honorable Margaret Laurino, Alderman of the 39th Ward; and ;
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities lead productive, happy lives and connecting with the human spirit in us ali; and
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm was co-founded by Bob Terese and Corrine Owen, in 1961, with the belief that all individuals, given the right environment, can lead more productive, fulfilling and meaningful lives; and '.
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm, an innovation since its inception, has grown from a small pet shop on north State Street in Chicago, to a 72 acre campus near Libertyville, Illinois, where opportunity flourishes for nearly 250 men and women; and :
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm moved to the Libertyville site inl 965, when philanthropist W. Clement Stone purchased and donated a dairy farm for the expansion of Lambs Farm; and
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm campus businesses serve as vocational training sites for participants and teach valuable work skills; and
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm provides full-life experience for the men and women served with programs focusing on healthy lifestyles, learning daily living skills, and developing hobbies and interests; and ;
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm offers a variety of services to participants that include employment services, residential options, social and recreational services, and community involvement; and
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm is home and a place that residents are proud to share with visitors; and
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm hosts thousands of visitors each year and every product and service purchased at Lambs Farm benefits the Lambs Farm programs and sustains the far-reaching legacy ofthe Lambs Farm co-founders; and
WHEREAS, Lambs Farm is accredited in comprehensive vocational evaluation, employee development, organizational employment, community employment, community services coordination, and community living programs by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). CARF is an independent, not-for-profit accrediting body promoting quality, value and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of persons served; now, therefore, 1
Be It Resolved, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this twenty-eighth day of July, 2011, do hereby extend our heartiest congratulations to Lambs Farm on their fiftieth anniversary and wish Lambs Farm every success in any and all of their future endeavors; and ;
Be It Further Resolved, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Lambs Farm.
MABGARET LAURINO Alderman, 39th Ward