SALUTE TO THE AGENT OF HOPE'S CELEBRATION OF
THE 15 ANNIVERSARY OF GILDA'S CLUB CHICAGO
WHEREAS, Agents of Hope, an outstanding eleemosynary organization established to provide assistance to individuals and families, is celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Gilda's Club Chicago at a gala event to be held June 18, 2013 at the Four Seasons Hotel on East Delaware; and
WHEREAS, For the past 15 years, this city has been home to Gilda's Club Chicago, a free cancer support community for men, women, teens and children whose lives have been touched by cancer, offering over 300 programs per month including psychosocial support, an essential but often lacking component of medical care; and
WHEREAS, Famed comedienne Gilda Radner, who succumbed to ovarian cancer in 1989, left a rich legacy of humor, grace, and appreciation for the quality of life one can experience after a cancer diagnosis; and
WHEREAS, Gilda's Club Chicago, as an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community, is a standard bearer of the vital mission to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Brendan Reilly, Alderman ofthe 42nd Ward, has apprised this august body of this noteworthy event and these praiseworthy organizations; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED That we, the Mayor and members ofthe City ofChicago City Council,' gathered this 5th Day of June, 2013, AD, do hereby salute the 15th Anniversary of the founding of Gilda's Club Chicago and congratulate Gilda's Club Chicago for 15 years of providing cancer support to anyone whose life has been impacted by any time of cancer in the Chicagoland area so that no one faces cancer alone; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented jjSj Gilda's Club Chicago.