Text: HR00102 Text: HR00104 Text: HR00100 - HR00199 Text: HR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN
1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY WARNSTADT, RANTS, FORD, RAECKER, HATCH, PETERSEN,
1 3 DOTZLER, FALLON, WITT, MASCHER, JENKINS, SHOULTZ,
1 4 LENSING, HANSEN, HOVERSTEN, CHIODO, JACOBS,
1 5 and KLEMME
1 6 A House Resolution honoring Goodwill Industries
1 7 International in its centennial year.
1 8 WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
1 9 turns 100 years old in 2002; and
1 10 WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries International is the
1 11 world's largest private sector employer of people with
1 12 disabilities and has served more than 5 million people
1 13 in its first 100 years; and
1 14 WHEREAS, Goodwill member organizations help
1 15 individuals succeed in the workplace and in life by
1 16 providing job training, job placement, and support for
1 17 people with physical, financial, and educational
1 18 challenges; and
1 19 WHEREAS, five autonomous Goodwills serve the State
1 20 of Iowa, with services provided in all quadrants of
1 21 the state, including Sioux City, Waterloo, Des Moines,
1 22 Council Bluffs, and Iowa City; and
1 23 WHEREAS, the five Goodwills serving Iowa make a
1 24 significant contribution in the reduction, reuse, and
1 25 recycling of goods by diverting millions of pounds of
1 26 household goods from Iowa landfills each year; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the founder of Goodwill Industries
1 28 International, Dr. Edgar J. Helms, had Iowa roots,
1 29 having arrived in Iowa by covered wagon in 1865,
1 30 spending his youth on a farm near East Lake Okoboji,
2 1 working on newspapers in Spirit Lake, Peterson, and
2 2 Sioux Rapids, and receiving his college degree from
2 3 Cornell College in Mount Vernon; and
2 4 WHEREAS, the vision of Goodwill Industries is more
2 5 than 100 years old, but the concept and practice
2 6 remains relevant today, with 180 member organizations
2 7 in the United States, Canada, and the Pacific Basin,
2 8 and another 45 associate member organizations located
2 9 in 34 countries; and
2 10 WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries has changed and
2 11 adapted today to meet the needs of society; the three
2 12 concepts of Goodwill as envisioned by Dr. Helms –
2 13 Community, Independence, Dignity – remain constant
2 14 and are embodied in the provision of work which
2 15 enables individuals to contribute and participate in
2 16 the economic and social vitality of the community,
2 17 which gives the satisfaction and freedom of self-
2 18 support, and which fosters self-esteem and the pride
2 19 of accomplishment; and
2 20 WHEREAS, the Council of Iowa Goodwill Industries
2 21 served more than 4,000 men, women, and children in
2 22 2001; NOW THEREFORE,
2 23 BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 24 That Dr. Edgar J. Helms be regarded as an Iowa
2 25 treasure, whose leadership and vision gave birth to
2 26 Goodwill Industries International, Inc., and to the
2 27 establishment of five member Goodwills serving the
2 28 State of Iowa, thereby creating opportunities for and
2 29 helping thousands of Iowans toward brighter futures;
2 30 and
3 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
3 2 Representatives extends its thanks and congratulations
3 3 to Goodwill Industries International, Inc. and the
3 4 five Goodwills that serve the State of Iowa as they
3 5 celebrate their centennial year in 2002; and
3 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
3 7 House of Representatives prepare an official copy of
3 8 this Resolution to be presented to Goodwill Industries
3 9 International, Inc. and the five Goodwills that serve
3 10 the State of Iowa.
3 11 LSB 5839HH 79
3 12 rj/pj/5
Text: HR00102 Text: HR00104 Text: HR00100 - HR00199 Text: HR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 2002 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Thu Feb 14 03:30:19 CST 2002
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Legislation/HR/00100/HR00103/020129.html
jhf