IL HR0299

Declares July 12, 2021 as Copernicus Foundation Day in the State of Illinois

Recognizes the Copernicus Foundation's 50th anniversary as a cultural and civic center serving the Polish community and other ethnic groups in metropolitan Chicago

Notes the foundation was chartered as a non-profit organization in July 1971 and has sponsored the annual Taste of Polonia festival for the past 40 years, Chicago's oldest and largest ethnic neighborhood festival

Acknowledges the foundation's mission to preserve Polish culture and historic heritage and its role as an anchor institution in Chicago's Little Warsaw on Milwaukee Avenue

Directs presentation of a suitable copy of the resolution to the Copernicus Foundation as a symbol of respect and esteem