RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Union League Boys & Girls Club, a foundation of the Union League Club of Chicago, is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2019; and
WHEREAS, Tlie Chicago City Council has been informed of this achievement by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, The Union League Boys & Girls Club was founded on December 26,1919; and
WHEREAS, For 100 years, the Union League Boys & Girls Club has served the after-school development needs of Chicago's at-risk and disadvantaged youth; and
WHEREAS, The Union League Boys & Girls Club provides programming focused on academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles to nearly 15,000 youth at 12 locations in communities such as Pilsen, Humboldt Park, the Near West Side, Englewood, Bucktown and South Lawndale; and
WHEREAS, The Union League Boys & Girls Club manages its own summer camp in Salem, Wisconsin where youth from Chicago's inner city participate in enrichment activities in a fun-and education-filled environment; and
WHEREAS, The Union League Boys & Girl Club also manages a programming initiative at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center aimed at reducing the rate of recidivism among juvenile detainees; and
WHEREAS, For the next 100 years, the Union League Boys & Girls Club will continue to enable all young Chicagoans to reach their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members ofthe Chicago City Council, assembled this thirteenth day of November, 2019, do hereby recognize this important milestone and do hereby declare that November 13th of 2019 shall be officially recognized as Union League Boys & Girls Club Day throughout the City of Chicago; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy ofthis resolution be presented to the Union League Boys & Girls Club.