RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Beloved Community Family Wellness Center (BCFWC) provides quality and affordable healthcare to medically underserved Englewood residents; and
WHEREAS, The BCFWC presents its inaugural "Englewood Health Matters Day Health & Wellness Fair" on Saturday, May 14, 2016; and
WHEREAS, This august body has been informed of this auspicious occasion by the Honorable Roderick Sawyer, Alderman of the 6th Ward; and
WHEREAS, BCFWC's mission is to close health care disparities by responding to its service area's growing demand for dental care, behavioral health, and nutrition/wellness sendees; and
WHEREAS, the First Ladies and women leaders of Englewood are advancing the health and wellness message as the "nurturing wisdom voices" of ELnglewood; and
WHEREAS, in unity' with community objectives, the Englewood Plealth Matters Day Health & Wellness Fair advances the dual messages of the importance of good physical and economic health for the Greater Englewood community in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's vision of the "beloved community"; and j
WHEREAS, the hard work and dedication of the BCFWC serves as an example to all; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City' of Chicago, assembled this eighteenth day of May, 2016, do hereby declare that Saturday May 14, 2016, shall be officially recognized as Englewood Health Matters Day throughout Chicago and do hereby express every good wish for the continued success of the BCFWC and the Englewood Health Matters Day Health & Wellness Fair; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution are presented to BCFWC as a sign of our honor, gratitude, and respect.
RODERICK SAWYER