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Illinois leaders convene for Keep Warm Illinois Leadership Summit
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[DEC. 1, 2005]
CHICAGO -- Nearly 50 Illinois business, social
service and nonprofit leaders were scheduled to attend Gov. Rod R.
Blagojevich's Keep Warm Illinois Leadership Summit in Chicago on
Wednesday, joined by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn and state agency directors.
The summit was to focus on raising awareness about the importance of
energy conservation and assistance and encouraging private-sector
organizations, both nonprofit and for-profit, to do their part in
helping Illinois families make it through this winter's home heating
crisis, which has been triggered by record-high energy prices.
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The Keep Warm Illinois
campaign is a comprehensive effort to inform and prepare Illinois
residents -- especially the elderly, families with small children
and people with disabilities -- for record-high home heating costs
this winter. The campaign's efforts -- including clothing drives,
workshops on energy saving, Winter Assistance Days and statewide
warming centers -- are coordinated by the Office of Emergency Energy
Assistance, the Illinois Department on Aging, the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Human Services,
the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
[News release]
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