City of Philadelphia - File #: 090628

• File #: 090628
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/17/2009
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/17/2009
• Title: Recognizing, honoring, celebrating, and thanking Wilbur W. Oaks, M.D., for his selfless commitment to serving the public in the City of Philadelphia, by having established the St. John's Hospice Homeless Soccer Team Program, "Body And Soul."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Miller, Council President Verna, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Clarke

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/17/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
9/17/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
9/17/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Recognizing, honoring, celebrating, and thanking Wilbur W. Oaks, M.D., for his selfless commitment to serving the public in the City of Philadelphia, by having established the St. John's Hospice Homeless Soccer Team Program, "Body And Soul."
Body
WHEREAS, Dr. Oaks has created a program that offers opportunities for homeless people in Philadelphia to join and participate in a soccer team and use this activity as a vehicle for developing successful life skills with the goal of becoming productive citizens; and

WHEREAS, In today's world, homeless people face a myriad of challenges which include having no place to live, having poor nutrition or no nutrition at all, and being penniless, resulting, too often, in feelings of hopelessness and despair; and

WHEREAS, The Homeless Soccer Team Program, "Body and Soul" attempts to solve this problem by providing new hope, building confidence, inspiring courage, and helping the participants to develop a new-found sense of pride, thus redirecting them towards a much improved and healthier life-style; and

WHEREAS, The Homeless Soccer Team Program's slogan is "You 'gotta believe' - Be the best that you can be - Never, ever give up!!!" with its focus on building in the participants a "winning feeling"; and

WHEREAS, The Program is made possible through the charitable efforts from Hahnemann University, Lafayette College, and Puma Sports Equipment as well as through St. John's Hospice; and

WHEREAS,The Council of the City of Philadelphia looks forward to the continued success of the "Body and Soul" program, and wishes it best of luck with its training for the World Cup Homeless Soccer Tournament; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That it recognizes, honors, celebrates, and thanks Wilbur W. Oaks, M.D., for his selfless commitment to serving the public in the City of Philadelphia, by having established the St. John's Hospice Homeless Soccer Team Program, "Body and Soul...