Gardenia C. Hung's Community Service

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DuPage Women's Fair at Yorktown Mall

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Illinois Representative Sandra Pihos at the DuPage Women's Fair

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Summer 2011 in Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois US

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York Township Community Center

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1502 South Meyers Road
Lombard, IL 60148
phone (630) 620-2400
fax (630) 620-2422

8:30AM - 4:30PM
Monday - Friday

A Chili Cook-Off Contest at St. Pius X Community Parish

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Amazingly, the winners of the Annual Chili Cook-Off Contest have been men while Reverend Herb Essig, better known as “Father Herb” was still around St. Pius X. When one thinks of a "BallyKissAngel" community named after the BBC soap opera sitcom, an English-Irish-Scottish Catholic community comes to mind…just like St. Pius X Catholic Parish in the Village of Lombard, County of DuPage, otherwise known also as “Camelot” in Illinois, U.S.A.

For three (3) years, I volunteered to cook, stir, taste, and serve Chili con Carne, chili dogs, and sloppy joe burgers with the Catholic Council of Women at the Social Center for St. Pius X throughout the years, especially for the Annual Chili Cook-Off Contest and Catholic Women fundraiser. CCW gathered the People of Pius X to cook off their best chili con carne recipe to make chili hot dogs and sloppy joe chili burger, always sponsored and promoted by a solid Texan Linnea Warda, Carol, Rosa and others who slaved to make the Annual Chili Cook-Off Contest a celebrity show at the Social Center for the catholic school community. Here’s a solid Atomic Canuck Chili Recipe for ten (10) servings

•2 pounds lean ground beef
•1/2 large onion, diced
•1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
•3 tablespoons garlic powder
•1 tablespoon seasoned pepper
•2 (4 ounce) cans mushroom pieces, drained
•1 (28 ounce) can baked beans
•2 (15.25 ounce) cans kidney beans with liquid
•2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
•1/4 cup white sugar
•3 carrots, sliced
•3 stalks celery, sliced
•1 green bell pepper, diced
•1 red bell pepper, diced
•2 jalapeno chile peppers, diced
•1/4 cup Canadian beer
•2 tablespoons crushed red pepper
•hot sauce
•1/4 cup barbeque sauce
Directions1. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef together with onion, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, and seasoned pepper. Drain off the fat, and place the mixture into a slow cooker. 2. Stir mushrooms, baked beans, kidney beans with liquid, tomato paste, sugar, carrots, celery, peppers, beer, and barbeque sauce into the slow cooker. Season with hot sauce and more crushed red pepper. 3. Cover, and cook on Low for 4 to 5 hours. Yields 10 servings.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day Service

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The Partnership Center Newsletter

January 13, 2011 In This Issue:
Featured Update
Grants
CDC
HRSA
NIH

Dear Partners,

This coming Monday, January 17th, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King once wrote, “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

Every year on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, Americans pay tribute to Dr. King and his message of justice, peace, and service to others. In that spirit, people come together for a national day of service- making Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a “day on, not a day off.” As community and faith leaders, you exemplify service to others in your ongoing efforts. The Featured Update below includes information about the MLK Day of Service efforts, which are led by the Corporation for National and Community Service. We hope these resources can support your work!

This week also marks the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. So many of you and your congregations, organizations, and denominations continue to help Haiti recover, and responded so generously after the earthquake. And this week, we mourn all of the victims of the tragic violence in Tucson.

We have also just added a new section to the newsletter on “Upcoming Events.” You can check this section for upcoming conference call briefings with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies, as well as regional and national conferences, webinars, and other opportunities that may interest you.

As always, the latter section of our newsletter includes updated grants that faith-based and community non-profits can pursue. Remember that it’s always important to review the funding announcement thoroughly to ensure that the grant is one that is appropriate to your organization’s mission, size, and scope.

Sincerely,

Alexia Kelley, Director
Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships
US Department of Health & Human Services

Featured Update – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is an annual opportunity for Americans to answer Dr. King’s call to help those in need. The Corporation for National and Community Service leads the efforts for the MLK Day of Service. If you’d like to locate a volunteer opportunity in your community, just fill in your interest area and zip code and find a project. If you or your organization has a volunteer project that you would like to invite other members of your community to join, you can register a project on MLKDay.gov. Whether it’s helping at a food drive or joining in a neighborhood cleanup, everyone can make a difference.

The MLK Day of Service also gives faith and community leaders an opportunity to recognize those who have made service and volunteerism a fundamental part of their lives, but who seldom receive acknowledgment. MLK Drum Majors for Service honors the work of community volunteers and shares their stories. We invite you to share your story of service and nominate your community hero as an MLK Drum Major for Service.

Thanksgiving Service at the Parkview Community Church

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During Thanksgiving, in November 2008 and 2009, I have volunteered for the Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the Parkview Community Church with Henry W. Hochstatter, located at 764 St. Charles Road, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, Email: info@pccmail.org, Telephone: 630.469.4306. The first year, Scott, the coordinator, along with Reverend Mike McDuffy, encouraged everyone attending during the Sunday morning service, to sign-up and help for the free Thanksgiving Community Dinner.

The first time, I remembered that Henry W. Hochstatter signed-up to volunteer for the Kitchen Clean-Up and I also helped cleaning up the dining room, after the Thanksgiving Luncheon at the Parkview Community Church in Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, Illinois.

Later during the year in 2009, Henry W. Hochstatter's 1996 Toyota SUV developed a broken transmission gearshift and needed financial assistance to pay the $800.00 repair and replacement costs at the Next Generation Auto Shop in Villa Park, managed by his cousin, mechanic Bobby Pickerill. By the grace of God, the Parkview Community Church offered financial assistance to Henry W. Hochstatter with $200.00 from the Sunday collection to help him pay the Toyota SUV transmission gearshift repair and replacement.

So, it was not surprising that during November 2009, Henry W. Hochstatter volunteered again for Kitchen Clean-Up after the free Thanksgiving Community Luncheon at the Parkview Community Church in Glen Ellyn.

During Thanksgiving in November 2009, I also registered to help at the Parkview Community Church, stationed at the Welcome Reception Table for registration verification, and also afterwards for Kitchen Clean-Up duties. I remembered that David was seating nearby and Sidney Williams came to say "Hi!" and talk in the background with Henry W. Hochstatter. Afterwards, Betty, the church receptionist sat by me to keep company during the Thanksgiving Luncheon rush hour.

Two years have passed since then and in 2010, Henry W. Hochstatter has changed a lot since he has been working with brake-bleeding for the Next Generation Auto Shop managed by his cousin mechanic Bobby Pickerill. In 2010, Henry W. Hochstatter does not want to spend Thanksgiving with the Parkview Community Church in Glen Ellyn this year. Nor does Henry W. Hochstatter want to spend Thanksgiving with a very close friend who has been helping him during his homelessness after his separation from his second wife, followed by divorce in 2010. In two years, people can change and not volunteer, the way they used to do so. It is unfortunate that Henry W. Hochstatter has changed so much in his community service since he moved to Villa Park near his family.

benedictate: Prayer To The Immaculate Heart of Mary from The Vatican, Rome, Italy

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benedictate: Prayer To The Immaculate Heart of Mary from The Vatican, Rome, Italy

York Township Community Service Assistance at the Deicke Home for the Retarded

2010-11-12T09:24:00.000-08:00

YORK TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSISTANCE AT THE DEICKE HOME FOR THE RETARDED IN CARE OF BRUCE THOMPSON AND DARLENE COX FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE BY GARDENIA C. HUNG-WITTLER IN THE VILLAGE OF LOMBARD, 1005 WEST DIVISION STREET, LOMBARD, ILLINOIS 60148

My name is Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler, Lombard resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen in Du Page County, Illinois, in the United States of America. I have been involved in community service for the York Township Senior Community Center, at 1502 S. Meyers Road in Lombard in care of Diane Arturi, Michael, and Daniel Dragojevich for Senior Transportation Services during 2009 and 2010. The first week of July 2010, Diane Arturi advised that I was being re-assigned to another community service facility on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. On Thursday, July 2nd, Pam at the Reception Desk provided a handwritten note with Bruce Thompson’s name and telephone number to report at the Deicke Home for the Retarded. http://www.deickehome.org/, on Tuesday, July 6th, at 9:00 a.m. at 1005 West Division Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148.

When I arrived, I met Bruce Thompson and Sherry who was waiting by the lobby door. Bruce Thompson invited to sit in his office and complete the Deicke Home for the Retarded Volunteer Form. During the Volunteer Service Interview, I mentioned to Bruce Thompson that I had been a volunteer at the Deicke Home for the Retarded before on behalf of the Wheaton Friends of the Court Program for John Gar and Peter, court wards, sponsored by Judge Robert E. Byrne and Judge Mehling formerly at the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court, 505 North County Farm Road, at the Du Page County Government Center—during our conversation, I mentioned that I remembered when Peter Fantuzzi was there as the former director of the Deicke Home of the Retarded in Lombard. I told Bruce Thompson that I have been a certified Illinois teacher and faculty at the College of Du Page in Glen Ellyn and Lombard, Illinois. Bruce Thompson provided a copy of the July 2010 Calendar for Activities at the Deicke Home for the Retarded, so that I could select which two (2) days of the week I would visit the Deicke Home for community assistance. I chose to provide community volunteer assistance on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the Deicke Home of the Retarded residents in Lombard, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thereafter, I have arrived at 8:00 a.m. and sometimes have stayed for activities in the afternoon until 4:30 p.m. or after 3:00 p.m. For the record, I have provided volunteer community assistance at the Deicke Home for the Retarded with laundry folding and bed-dressing for Denise, Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club shopping, outdoor recreational activities, lunch assistance for preparation and serving set-up, pantry cleaning, Sam’s Club Grocery Shopping Day Loading and Unloading, Lake View Nature Center in Oakbrook Terrace, Spirit of Chicago Luncheon Yacht Cruise, Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn, Helen M. Plum Library Scarecrow Crafts Day, Sonny Acres Farm in West Chicago, Sewing and Designing Crafts for Marilyn, etc.

Afterwards, Bruce Thompson introduced me to Darlene Cox, I told her that I had been there before for the Wheaton Friends of the Court when Peter Fantuzzi had been the director of the Deicke Home for the Retarded. Some of the Deicke Home residents met me and remembered that I had visited them some years ago.

On Tuesday morning, I was also introduced to Linda Hallenstein and Joyce, the other two staff members along with Crystal, the secretary. First, I was assigned to assist with the Vegetable Garden and the existing weeds around the tomatoes, peppers, Brussel sprouts, cabbages, and zucchini. Then, Linda invited me to play Billiards Pool in the basement—since I had had a billiards pool table at home, I was familiar with playing pool as an amateur. Then, we went upstairs to help set up lunch and the tables, along with the preparation of the lunch meal for serving to the Deicke Home residents.

During the weekly visits for community assistance on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I helped the Deicke Home residents shopping at Wal-Mart and with the groceries loading and unloading from Sam’s Club to the Deicke Home’s kitchen in Lombard.

Also, during the summertime, Linda Hallenstein planned outdoor activities at the Lake View Nature Center on Wild Wednesdays with Story Time in Oakbrook Terrace.
www.vimeo.com/13416253 A Story Time at the Lake View Nature Center
www.vimeo.com/13363343 A Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly on Wild Wednesday

The first week of September 2010, the Deicke Home residents with Maryann, Joyce, Linda, and Adelle, a senior citizen community volunteer, planned a Lake Michigan yacht cruise with luncheon aboard the Spirit of Chicago organized by Tiffany Weinstein on Tuesday. When I arrived early on Tuesday morning, Bruce Thompson told me that I did not have to stay that day because the Deicke Home resident were going on the Spirit of Chicago Luncheon Cruise at a cost of $36.03 per person paid for them, but he would not pay for me to attend as a volunteer, only for the others. I was rather disappointed that Bruce Thompson would not pay for me as a community volunteer, when I had been providing community assistance every Tuesday and Wednesday, even before… So, I paid for my Spirit of Chicago Cruise ticket by mail, after Bruce Thompson made a telephone and Email reservation for me with Tiffany Weinstein.

Sometimes, I was assigned to do outdoor detail for picking up twigs and weeds with Marilyn around the front yard, up to corner and all around the Deicke Home, including the indoor walking courtyard and track. Another time, I had to help checking out the glass storm windows and screens which had popped out overnight, all around the Deicke Home.

During October and November 2010, Marilyn Francik asked me to help her with her Sewing and Mending clothes, as well as some Sewing Projects which Nancy who had left, did not complete for her—such as the Bunny Remote Control Holder and her Memorabilia Pillow with the pink satin recyclable fabric they had left for remnants. In addition, I gave Marilyn several new Thanksgiving fabric material for her holiday gifts for her guardian Stephan, her cousin Evelyn, and also for Adelle, the senior volunteer driver. I was designing and sewing for Marilyn's holiday gifts of fabric, as well as for her own sewing needs. I helped Marilyn with her Pink Satin Memorabilia Pillow, the Bunny Remote Control Holder, Guardian Stephan's Clown Placemat, Cousin Evelyn's Thanksgiving Table Runner and Adelle's Holiday Table Runner.

Marilyn Francik displays the Thanksgiving Table Runner for the holidays.

Sarah Guidolin by the Castle Lizzadro display in Elmhurst, Illinois USA.

American Gothic at the Sonny Acres Farm

A Community Service Learning Experience in Du Page County, Illinois

2010-09-25T12:17:00.000-07:00

Community Service Learning in Du Page County for the Village of Lombard is an underlying requirement to Illinois residency and homeownership, not always publicly acknowledged nor explained to newcomers to the western suburbs “out in the boonies”, but rather implicitly, tacitly, and sometimes unwillingly assigned. However, some Lombard resident homeowners are given more community service than others without compensation for the consequences of the volunteer service in their neighborhood. Perhaps the Village of Lombard and Du Page County take advantage of gullible Chicago newcomers as resident homeowners to the western suburbs, “the farther the fools move away from the Windy City or others areas in Illinois”, just because they are “Chicagoans”, the same people become casualties, victims of crime and suffer from damages, losses, and liabilities.

Since my deceased father, Mr. Roberto Hung, J.D. purchased a Lombard historic brick bungalow built in 1927, at 502 South Westmore-Meyer s Road and Washington Boulevard, in Du Page County, Illinois, I have had to participate and volunteer in more community service learning projects that other neighbor resident homeowner and tenants in the Eastgate Center Community, along Westmore-Meyers Road, one mile north of Route 38, Roosevelt Road.

It started while I worked for the College of Du Page as faculty, I volunteered for the Latin American Committee and the European Heritage Committee in Glen Ellyn and Lombard.

It started while I worked as Faculty at the College of DuPage and added Professional Development Credit Units (CEUs) for Community Service Learning coordinated by Kathleen Hennessey for Adult Continuing Education, after my father died on June 25, 1998. I was invited to participate and volunteer for the Friends of the Library at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library, who are also Friends of the Lombard Garden Club and the Lombard Service League, in Lilac Town, the home of the Lilac Festival at Lilacia Park, which was bequeathed to the Village of Lombard by Colonel William R. Plum in 1927. After the closing of the Estate of Mr. Roberto Hung Supplemental Health Care Trust in Lombard by the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Wheaton, Du Page County, the Friends of the Court program invited volunteers to participate in the court advocacy program where assigned volunteers visited court wards on-site, upon assignment by the Friends of the Court.

As a friend of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in Wheaton, I was assigned to visit court wards by car, at my own expense for mileage, gasoline, telephone calls, and U.S. postage for mailing notices for visits by the Court Advocacy program when there was no telephone number available, for those who lived at Lexington Health Care in Lombard and Elmhurst, the Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities, Iona Glos Intermediate Care for the Mentally Retarded in Addison, Marklund Children’s Home for Developmental Disabilities in Bloomingdale, Deicke Home for the Retarded in Lombard, as well as other individuals with terminal disease and disabilities, granted court ward status and funding in Addison, Elmhurst, The Cove Landing in Lombard, and Bensenville, Illinois.

During the expected Community Service as a volunteer, I was paying for car mileage, gasoline, telephone calls, U.S. postage for mailing, as well as printing in black/white, and color community newsletters, flyers, posters, correspondence, and other mailings for contact in Du Page County, Illinois. The Community Service Learning experience became more expensive by the days, weeks, and months, than I could afford to absorb as a consultant—when no one in the Village of Lombard helped me to get referrals for business or freelance assignments, or even job prospects or leads. The Community Service Learning experience and lifestyle reveals that “it is meant for retired seniors with a fixed income who have to pay for their volunteer service” in York Township, Lombard, and Du Page County, Illinois. The amazing revelation is that, I am still not a retired person nor a senior citizen in Lombard, Du Page County, Illinois—I am too young to be retired and my peers for the Baby Boomer Generation are the middle working class of the nation in the 21st century.

For some reason, the Village of Lombard and York Township expect me to volunteer in community service for the rest of my life and not have any gainful income other than poverty for having purchased a Lombard historic brick bungalow, as a resident homeowner, and U.S. citizen for the last seventeen years in Du Page County, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Henry W. Hochstatter Owes An Apology To Gardenia C. Hung

2010-07-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

Gardenia C. Hung has paid in excess of $4,525 dollars in person to Henry W. Hochstatter, cash, credit, and other tangible items, goods, new clothing, medication, food, car gasoline for Toyota SUV R5, use of Lombard Post Office Box 1274, telephone deposits for AT&T, U.S. Cellular telephone payments, laundry, etc. Gardenia C. Hung has also incurred Chase VISA Credit Card Debt in the amount of $2,514.69 for lodging at Motel 66, InTown Suites, Colonoscopy Medication, and other expenses on behalf of Henry W. Hochtstatter. In addition, Henry W. Hochstatter has received tangible goods such as a White 1993 Mitsubishi 4-Door Sedan, Sears Pro-Form Treadmill which was broken by Henry W. Hochstatter, Toro Snowblower, Wood Garden Chipper, several Sears Craftman gardening tools, Ace Hardware White Foldable Fencing, Carpenter’s Leather Caddy, New Clothing, Shirts, T-Shirts, Pants, in excess of $5,600 dollars. Consequently, Henry W. Hochstatter owes Gardenia for CHASE VISA Credit Card charges, expenses, and interest accrued since December 8, 2008.

For the record, Henry W. Hochstatter is a disabled adult, age 55, who receives Social Security Disability benefits monthly in the amount of $1,200, plus Henry W. Hochstatter also works for U-Haul as a truck driver, transporter, and for The Next Generation Auto Shop, as well as for Alex King Construction, Inc. at 140 W. St. Charles Road, Apt. 4B, in Villa Park, Illlinois 60181. Henry W. Hochstatterreceives payment in cash for other miscellaneous gardening jobs, tasks, handyman, gardening work, etc. which is not reported.

Please note that Henry W. Hochstatter does not pay Gardenia C. Hung any money, compensation or cash since November 17, 2009 after she has helped this disabled man to move into his new apartment, even when Gardenia Hung has been helping him as a friend, companion, and assistant during his banking matters, social security suspension, divorce court matters, driver’s license return, and other miscellaneous issues as a victim of traumatic brain injury and disability.

In conclusion,Gardenia C. Hung has paid in excess of $4,525 dollars in person to Henry W. Hochstatter, cash, CHASE VISA credit in excess of $2,514.69, and other tangible items, goods, new clothing, medication, food, car gasoline for Toyota SUV R5, telephone deposits, laundry, etc. In addition, Henry W. Hochstatter has received tangible goods such as a White 1993 Mitsubishi 4-Door Sedan, Sears Pro-Form Treadmill which was broken by Henry W. Hochstatter, Toro Snowblower, Wood Garden Chipper, several Sears Craftman gardening tools, Ace Hardware White Foldable Fencing, Carpenter’s Leather Caddy, New Clothing, Shirts, T-Shirts, Pants, in excess of $5,600 dollars. Gardenia C. Hung does not owe Henry W. Hochstatter any further cash, credit, tangible goods, or assistance for disability as a traumatic brain injury person.

Dated on the 19th day of July 2010, in the Village of Lombard, County of DuPage,

Verification

Under penalties as provided by law, pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, the undersigned certifies that the statement set forth in this instrument are true and correct, to the best of my ability, so help me God.
Executed in the Village of Villa Park, County of Du Page, in the State of Illinois,
United States of America.

Gardenia C. Hung

A Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly at the Lake View Nature Center

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A Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly at the Lake View Nature Center on Wild Wednesday from G. Hung Fong on Vimeo.

A Story Time with Friends from the Deicke Home for the Retarded

During 2009, I spent the entire year at U-Store-It in Addison Moving Henry W. Hochstatter's Belongings from 437 Natalie Lane in Addison, Illinois USA

2010-04-05T09:20:00.000-07:00

While I have been helping Henry William Hochstatter during 2009 and 2010, I had to move his personal, household, and work belongings from his home at 437 Natalie Lane in Addison, Illinois, more than six (6) times, using UHAUL trucks from Addison and Villa Park in DuPage County.. First, Henry W. Hochstatter moved out of the Addison home into a U-Store-It on Lake Street, near Swift Road. Afterwards, I also helped him move into InTown Residential Suites , on the first floor, then he wanted to move again to the second floor, up the stairs and by the elevator where there were rooms for disabled people. During 2009, Henry W. Hochsttatter had left other furniture and belongings at UHAUL, and at the Addison home, so he had to move the remaining household and work tools into a bigger U-Store-It Unit. So, I helped him again to move from Unit #200 to a bigger unit directly across the road at U-Store-It in Addison, Illinois. During 2009, I spent a lot of time helping Henry W. Hochstatter in his Community Service and volunteering at the Christian Church of Villa Park , at the Parkview Community Church in Glen Ellyn . Also, I was helping Henry W. Hochstatter to visit his Mother Rosave Handy, while her husband Ken Handy was attending to her at Lexington Health Care Center in Bloomingdale .

Since Henry W. Hochstatter was unemployed and homeless, he offered to help his Cousins Chuck Pickerill at UHAUL in Addison where Karen Pickerill managed the facility with Kathy Nolet and Mickey, her son, and in Villa Park, where his Uncle Charlie Pickerill worked with Justin and John, in addition to working with Bobby Pickerill at the Next Generation Auto Shop, 194B W. Roosevelt Road in Villa Park, Illinois. Afterwards, I started to help Henry drive the UHAUL truck transporters and help Uncle Charlie Pickerill drive back his Avalanche Truck and the Lincoln Town Car, including Chuck Pickerill SUV back from the UHAUL runs to Addison and Villa Park in DuPage County.

Later in November 2009, after Uncle Charlie collapsed and had a heart attack at UHAUL in Addison, I helped Henry W. Hochstatter moved out of the second floor at InTown Suites and up the stairs to the second floor, into the King Construction Building at 140 W. St. Charles Road, in Villa Park. Henry W. Hochstatter is still moving furniture, household, and heavy tools cabinets, chest of drawers, wooden trunks, and sofas during 2010.

For the last two (2) years, I have been getting sick with backaches from all the moving that Henry W. Hochstatter has been doing around DuPage County, Illinois.

November 2008-December 31, 2008

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When I met Henry W. Hochstatter early Saturday morning, November 14, 2008, he told me about his personal family life. Henry W. Hochstatter was removed from his family home at 437 Natalie Lane in Addison, Illinois by his second wife, Joan Julia Mueller Hochstatter, after fourteen (14) years of marriage. At that time, Henry W. Hochstatter did not have any money in his joint bank account and had closed his checking account, after his second wife cleared out all the funds to pay for their home expenses. During November and December 2008, Henry W. Hochstatter did not receive any Social Security Disability funds because he had forgotten to notify the Social Security Administration about his new bank account and did not have a forwarding mailing address because he was homeless. I volunteered to help Henry W. Hochstatter with cash for car gasoline, food, and Christian friendship to guide him through the process of homelessness. I suggested to notify the Social Security Administration and his bank in person by making an appointment, as well as other contacts about the change in his current bank account number, so that funds could be allocated and deposited properly. Since Henry W. Hochstatter had lost his Illinos Driver's License, he did not have a current Illinois State Identification card. I gave $20.00 to Henry W. Hochstatter to re-apply for his Illinos Driver's License at the Jesse White Illinois Vehicle Driver's Facility Eastgate Shopping Center in Lombard. In addition, I offered to share my Lombard Post Office Box, so that Henry W. Hochstatter could have a forwarding mailing address for contact in Illinois. Afterwards, Henry W. Hochstatter suggested to share lodging expenses at the InTown Residential Suites, 350 East Roosevelt Road in Villa Park, Illinois 60181 on December 31, 2008 due to inclement weather and homelessness issues during winter and New Year's Eve and the upcoming year in 2009.

November 14, 2008: Grace Lutheran Church on Princeton St. and St. Charles Road in Villa Park, Illinois USA

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Today is a bright and sunny day with clear skies... I was reminiscing about how time passes and the years add up since November 14, 2008 when I met Henry W. Hochstatter at the 7-Eleven gas station on the corner of Addison St. and St. Charles Road in Villa Park. On that day, I was going to the U.S. Post Office, after visiting Grace Lutheran Church on Princeton Street and St. Charles Road, when I saw Henry W. Hochstatter parked at the 7-Eleven Gas Station, early morning, kicking the sidewalk, when he looked up and said, "Hey, where are you going?" I am going to the U.S. Post Office in Lombard. Then, he asked me, "Do you want a ride there?" I thought about it for a minute, wondering why he asked me. Then I realized, that he probably needed car gasoline to run the grey Toyota SR5 SUV parked at the 7-Eleven around 7 AM. I told Henry W. Hochstatter that I had a Lombard Shell Oil gas card with $25 to use for his Toyota SR5 on that Saturday morning, November 14, 2008, if he could provide the car ride to Downers Grove where the DuPage League of Older Women were meeting at the Community Bank for lunch. That is how I met Henry W. Hochstatter, who later introduced me to his older Mother, staying at a nursing home in Bloomingdale, Illinois, USA.

MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO HENRY WILLIAM HOCHSTATTER

2010-02-05T10:48:00.000-08:00

I, Gardenia C. Hung, have been paying Henry William Hochstatter CASH & CREDIT PAYMENTS MONTHLY TO HENRY WILLIAM HOCHSTATTER FOR CAR GASOLINE, DINING, MOVIES, EXPENSES $500.00 PLUS $200.00 CREDIT CARD CHARGES TOTALING MORE THAN $700.00US CASH & CREDIT DURING DECEMBER 2008 AND THROUGH 2009, TO INCLUDE 2010.

Since November 14, 2008, I have been helping Henry W. Hochstatter pay for his car gas expenses--starting with my Shell Oil $25.00 gas card. In addition, I have helped Henry W. Hochstatter move his personal household belonging from (1) his home on Natalie Lane in Addison to the U-Store-It facility on Lake Street, Space #200, and from there to (2) a larger Space#251. Also, I helped Henry W. Hochstatter move into (3) InTown Residential Suites, First Floor, in Villa Park, during December 31, 2008, as well as (4) moving Henry W. Hochstatter to the Second Floor for one year. On November 17, 2009, Henry W. Hochstatter decided to move into an apartment on St. Charles Road in Villa Park, DuPage County, Illinois. So, I also helped Henry W. Hochstatter (5) move all his household and personal belongings from the U-Store-It facility in Addison to the Villa Park apartment, to include moving other household furniture and belongings he has received from his family.

Memorial Weekend for Martin Luther King Jr. 2010

2010-01-20T08:05:00.000-08:00

During the three day weekend for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, beginning on Friday, January 16, 17, 18, 2010, I have been harassed, threatened, and intimidated by Edith Corbly and John Corbly from Springfield Illinos, Brett Hochstatter, security employee at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and resident from Addison, Illinois, and Henry W. Hochstatter, for discussing and making public that I have been paying more than $1,348.71 to Henry W. Hochstatter in cash expenses for gasoline, meals, telephone, moving expenses, AT&T deposits, and other miscellaneous cash expenses for his family, Mother Rosave Handy and Stepfather Kenneth Handy, both staying at Lexington Healthcare Center in Bloomingdale, Illinois. Henry W. Hochstatter became verbally abusive, insulting me, threatening me, and telling me that he is going to throw out my belonging out the door and over the stairs, and make me move out, so that I had to call the Villa Park Police Department at 140 W. St. Charles Road, Aparment 4B, Villa Park, Illinois 60181. I have been publicly stating that Henry W. Hochstatter owes $1,340.71 owes Gardenia C. Hung for incurred cash expenses charged to the CHASE credit card during 2009 and 2010. Gardenia C. Hung is being threatened, screamed out, and harassed by the Hochstatter brother Brett Hochstatter and sister Edie Corbly, married to John Corbly former Fire Chief in Addison and Lombard, Illinois in DuPage County, Illinois.

York Township Senior Community Center, 1502 S. Meyers Road, Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois 60148 USA

2010-01-09T13:38:00.000-08:00

Gardenia C. Hung is still volunteering at the York Senior Community Center during January 2010.

York Township Community Service Volunteer by Gardenia C. Hung

2009-12-31T09:42:00.001-08:00

HOW I BECAME SICK AFTER VOLUNTEERING TO CLEAN WITH CLOROX HANDWIPES AND LATEX GLOVES AND SPRAY ALL THE HANDLEBARS, DOORKNOBS, METAL PLATES, DUST DIRTY TABLES AND CHAIRS IN THE AUDITORIUM, HALLWAY AND LOBBY ?

I DEVELOPED A BACKACHE AND A SORE RIGHT SHOULDER AND PAIN ON THE UPPER BACK WITH STIFFNESS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NECK AND HEADACHE MIGRAINE WITH ALLERGIES, HIGH FEVER, CONGESTION, SNEEZING, AND A SKIN RASH ON THE RIGHT HAND FINGERS. EXTREME PAIN AND ACHE ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DOCTOR AND TAKEN PAIN RELIEVERS DURING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2009. COURTESY: G.C. HUNG

York Center Prairie Path by the World Trail in Oakbrook Terrace, DuPage County, Illinois USA

2009-10-23T10:38:00.000-07:00

Bird in Flight at Sunset overlooking Salt Creek at Fullersburg Woods

2009-07-10T07:15:00.000-07:00

Peter Roskam discusses Health Care Reform Bill during visiting session with constituents: "Congress at your Corner"

2009-07-03T12:32:00.000-07:00

Red Goldfish Koi at the Shedd Aquarium

2009-06-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

Professional Résumé for Interpreter, Translator

2009-05-26T07:48:00.000-07:00

Gardenia C. Hung, M.A.
Email: gardeniac_hungma@yahoo.com
Post Office Box 1274
Lombard, IL 60148
Tel. 630-201-9055
Fax: 702-925-0527
VisualCV: http://www.visualcv.com/hung

SUMMARY
Active communications professional, responsible project manager, who is able to manage multiple tasks with accountability, responsiveness, and creativity. Multilingual communicator and expressive individual. Creative designer for product presentations, ideas, and projects. Media arts professional who is able to visualize ideas, thoughts, and projects and express the same in various media formats. Researcher, developer, and analyst for project study programs.

OBJECTIVE
To secure professional employment as a communications project manager in a corporate environment to implement the company’s goals and objectives, applying core competencies acquired through employment experience in the following:
• Project Management for Communications
• Technical Communications
• Communication with Diplomacy and Tact
• Communications Media Arts Consulting
• Communications Faculty Researcher and Developer for Project Study Programme
• Faculty Development for Curriculum Designed Courses and Objectives
• Corporate Communications Media Marketing
• Translation and Interpreting in English, French, Spanish
• Cross-Cultural Ethnography
• Business Intelligence Analysis
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Emergency Services—First Aid, CPR, AED, Search Rescue
• Health Food Nutrition—Organic, Herbal, Natural Wholesome Foods, Teas, etc.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A. in Communications, Rhetoric, Ethnography, Theatre 1985
Dissertation: Published Ethnography and Research for Cross-Cultural Thesis. “The Chinese in Cuba”
Honors: Dissertation passed “with Distinction”, GPA
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
B.A. in Education, Communications, English, Spanish, French, Writing 1982
Thesis: “Individualized Differences Education for the Student in Secondary Education”
Honors GPA
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn
Associate Degree in Adult Education. Honors 2000
Areas of Concentration: Communication, Adult Learner
Honors, GPA: “Accelerated Learning and the Adult Student”

AWARDS
• Abraham Lincoln Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago 1983 – 1984
• Chinese American Service League Certificate, Volunteer Service, Chicago 1983 – 1984
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 1981 – 1982
• Laval University Scholarship, Québec, Canada 1981 – 1982
• Mecklenburger Scholarship, Northeastern Illinois University 1977 – 1980
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Faculty – “Communications for Health Care Professionals” English/Spanish 1997 – 2000
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Adjunct Faculty – “Developmental Writing”
1998– 2000
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Communications Faculty – English 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 1998– 2000
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, including weekly lab practicum,
and administered all grades.
Faculty – Business Professional Institute Adult Education Programme 1997-2000
Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, met with students upon request,
and graded all written work, including final exam papers.
EXPERIENCE
Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc., Illinois, U.S.A.
Editor
Editorial support, including developmental and copy editing of their internal online and printed documentation. 1993 - Present
Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL)
Researcher/Presenter
Compiled cross-cultural and language study reports, including analytical and global market trends, to track the cross-cultural linguistic exchanges and language-acquisition practices. 1995 - Present
Federation Internationale de Traducteurs (FIT), Vancouver, Canada 2002
Researcher/Presenter
Compiled reports, including projections, statistical and market trends, to track the growth and development for integrated marketing communications, socio-economic and political changes, from local to global trends, “glocally”.
Ethnographer and Language Consultant
Translated American-English external cross-cultural web site content to French, Spanish. 1993 - Present
Communications Media Arts
Writer, Editor, Publisher, Digital Media Professional
Provided written feature articles for professional publications, newsletters, associations, brochures, internet web sites, frequently-asked questions, communications media arts.
1998 - Present
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
• “A Cross-Cultural Perception of the World Through Language Communication”
Guest faculty speaker at 2002 Conference for the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Springfield, Illinois, 15th Anniversary Festivities
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• “Interpreting and Translation as Communication Processes for the 21st Century”
Proposal/Dissertation presented at FIT 2002, XVI World Congress of the International Federation of Translators. Meeting of International Translators and Interpreters, Vancouver Canada 2002
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• “Interpret and Translate to Communicate”. Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Springfield, Illinois, Fall, October 2002
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• “How Are Languages Used as Communication Tools in the Twenty-First Century”
Paper presented to the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Itasca, IL 2001
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• “Communicate: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing”. “Add Value to Your Life, Learn a Second Language”. Guest Faculty Presenter for the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Itasca, Du Page County, Illinois, Fall, October 2000

LANGUAGES
• English – Excellent usage as native language for speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• French – Excellent usage for speaking/listening fluently, reading/writing with high proficiency
• Spanish– Excellent usage for speaking/listening fluently, reading/writing with high proficiency
• Portuguese – Basic competence to speak, listen, read, and write.
• Italian – Basic competence to speak, listen, read, and write.
ACCREDITATIONS
• State of Illinois Teaching Certificate, U.S.A.
• U.S. Federal Certification for Interpreting Medical Reports, Chicago, Illinois.
• Notary Law Institute, Notary Law Seminar for the State of Illinois in Downers Grove.
• American Management Association, Certificate for “Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact.”
• American Management Association, Certificate for “Technical Writing.”
• Université de Montréal, Certificate for Legal Interpreting, Canada.
• Université de Montréal, Certificate for Consecutive Interpretation in the Courtroom, Canada.

MEDIA PRODUCTIONS: DIGITAL VIDEO, FILMING, DIRECTING, EDITING, PRODUCTION

• DV: Medical Spanish for Health Care Professionals at Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois.
Taught and developed 10-week programme for the College of DuPage, Business Professional Institute, Fall 2000, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, U.S.A.
• DV: San Filippo Plum Tree Farm, Barrington Hills, Illinois, in Color and in English, Summer 2000.
• DV: Southern/Central Spain—Art and Architecture. Study and Travel Field Experience, Spring 2000
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
• DV: Latin American Studies Open House, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, May 10, 2000. Sponsored by the Latin American Committee.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND VISUAL GRAPHICS DESIGNS—THE ARTS
• Digital Photographs Asian Pacific American Dances and Folklore by Children from the Chicago Public Schools, Office of Language & Cultural Education, The 8th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration, Wednesday, May 24, 2006, Richard J. Daley Center Plaza, Chicago Illinois, U.S.A.
• Digital Photographs from Holy Name Cathedral, Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, and St. Peter’s Catholic Church by Franciscan Friars in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
• “Tricolor Ribbon and Excellence Medal,” Designed Logo Graphic for I.C.T.F.L. Fall 2001.
• “Strawberries & Currants in the Sunlight,” from my Lombard garden, Summer 2001, Illinois.
• “Variegated Green Canadian Maple,” from the Montréal Botanical Gardens, Québec, Canada, 2001.
• “Peonies in Bloom.” from my Lombard garden, Summer 2000.
• Open House Poster for Latin American Studies Programme, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, 2000.
• Poster for Canadian Travel, French Club, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Spring 1980.
• “Autumn,” Original Charcoal Drawing, Madonna High School, Art Department, Sr. Sponsa, 1977.
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
• Asian-Pacific American Festival, Daley Center, May 2006, Students, Children from Chicago Public Schools Performing Cultural and Folkloric Dances, Office of Language & Cultural Education
• Contributions and Donations to the American Veterans
• Local, State, Federal Government, International, Global
• Health Care
• Children
• Environmental/Ecology
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Project Management for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc., Dewars Newspaper Software, etc.
• Computer Trainer for Software and Hardware
• Technical Troubleshooter, Hands-On PC, Media/Audio
• Technical Writer for Specifications, Reports, Documentation, etc.
• Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, experience with other software/hardware
• Typing Speed: 100 WPM

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST:

Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc. Contact: communicationslanguagesculture@gmail.com

Samuel R. Lewis & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Mr. Joseph “Joe” Pelletier, Mr. Albert Fuji, Mr. Manuel Cordero, Engineers for Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Services

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc., AES IBM Series with the University of Illinois at Chicago, Sears Tower Project

Babcock America Corporation, Roselle, Illinois

Northeastern Illinois University, Career Services, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625 USA

College of Du Page, Human Resources Department – Adult Continuing Education, Faculty,
425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 | (630) 942-2800

Express Train at Yorktown Center in Lombard

2008-10-17T13:01:00.000-07:00

A Vote of Confidence for the Freedom Museum.

2008-09-18T08:15:00.000-07:00

VOTE EARLY! On Election Day, Before November 4, 2008.
The Freedom Museum encouraged all teachers to cast an early vote for their favorite U.S. presidential candidate, John McCain or Barack Obama, at the 3rd Annual Teacher Resource Fair, sponsored by the McCormick Tribune Foundation—last Saturday, September 13, 2008, 9 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. Teachers celebrated constitutional rights guaranteeing the First Amendment’s freedom of speech and the press, freedom of religion, as well as rights of assembly and petition featured in the Bill of Rights, since September 25, 1789. The Freedom Museum is located next to the Tribune Tower, across the Wrigley Building, along the Magnificent Mile at 445 North Michigan Avenue, in Chicago, Telephone 312/222-3026.

The McCormick Tribune Foundation established the Freedom Museum to promote constitutional issues addressed by the media and the community in a public forum, to be discussed in a place, time, and date.

The 2008 Teacher Resource Fair provided educators with American History, lesson plan units, readings, textbooks, interactive events, supplies, and activities, to teach students about inherent freedom and rights presented in the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights and the Amendments ratified over the years, since the first amendments were proposed on September 25, 1789 and ratified on December 15, 1791.

During the Presidential Election Campaign year, the Freedom Museum invited CLTV and Carlos Hernandez Gomez, Chicagoland TV Political Reporter, to discuss current political candidates, John McCain with Sarah Palin for the Republicans, and Barack Obama with Joe Biden for the Democrats, including all global and local issues involved in the 2008 Presidential race. CLTV coverage for the keynote speaker introduced and closed the sessions to encourage political interest involving the teachers and the students at the schools.

Political analyst Shawn Healy, resident scholar at the Freedom Museum, continued “Analyzing Press Coverage for the Candidates” while covering the 2008 Presidential Campaign Trail with photos, visuals, and statistical analysis featuring the Sarah Palin Phenomenon Driving Campaign Media Coverage during September 1-7, 2008. Polling became the focus of discussion based on the internet website http://www.pollster.com data results for John McCain versus Barack Obama poll positions for national aggregate polls and swing state votes for the Electoral College in Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, and Virginia. Exit polls position provided demographics information. The media effect in the 1960 Election with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon is recurrent in the 21st century, during the 2008 Presidential campaign between John McCain and Barack Obama, followed by VP candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.

This year, the McCormick Freedom Museum invites you to participate in the StudentVote2008, a Classroom/School-Wide Project for teachers and middle/high school students in the simulated general election. StudentVote2008 at the Freedom Museum encourages underage voting online via the internet at http://www.freedommuseum.us/StudentVote2008. This classroom/school-wide project for StudentVote2008 allows middle and high school students freedom to Voice their Choice for the presidential election. On November 4, 2008, student participants can vote simultaneously in classrooms, gymnasiums, and cafeterias, nationwide.

At the 2008 Teacher Resource Fair, all teachers and guests received a voting chip to cast their choice for presidential candidate, on the first floor. The Freedom Museum is displaying a Special Exhibit—VOTE4ME: Inside a Presidential Election through November 9, 2008.

All participants received complimentary booklet copies of the U.S. Constitution published by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, under the title of Blueprint for Freedom. What Will You Build? The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts About It. Supplemented with text by Terry L. Jordan. Copyright©2006 by Oak Hill Publishing Company. McCormick Tribune Museum edition. First Printing.

Exhibitors representing freedom and the rights in the First Amendment, the Bill of Rights, and the U.S. Constitution participated in the 3rd Annual Teacher Resource Fair. Among the guest exhibits on the first floor, included the following: the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois; the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Affairs; Beyondmedia Education; the Chicago History Museum; the Chicago Tribune News in Education; the Cook County Clerk’s Office; Facing History and Ourselves; the McCormick Freedom Museum; the Mikva Challenge; Open Youth Networks; Pritzker Military Library; Street Level Youth Media; WTTW11/Independent Lens Television Service. Additional exhibitors were invited to the second level, featuring the American Bar Association Division of Public Education, who also provided complimentary booklet copies of the U.S. Constitution; the Chicago Metro History Education Center; the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago; DuSable Museum of African American History; Jane Addams Hull-House Museum; Illinois Holocaust Museum; Illinois Resource Center; U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute; We the People Civic Education; Young Chicago Authors; the Illinois Humanities Council Capitol Forum; and Wheaton North High School League of Voters.

Independent Lens for Public Television (ITVS), www.itvs.org, WTTW11, www.pbs.org are promoting to VOTE DEMOCRACY! In 2008 for the Presidential Election, in a public effort to involve everyone, including young Americans and new registered voters in the democratic voting process. ITVS is leading to reach out during the 2008 election campaign and teach the community how to become active in the presidential election process through seminars, voter registration events, online discussions and public film screenings of Independent Lens movies. For additional information on how to VOTE DEMOCRACY!, visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/votedemocracy
You can also Vote Early! On October 13-20, 2008, before November 4, 2008 on Election Day. Register to vote by October 7, 2008. Visit the website, http://www.voterinfonet.com. Also, read and become informed as a voter about political issues supported by presidential candidates when you visit http://www.myelectiondecision.org and rate your core issues in 2008.
The Freedom Museum invites you to participate actively in the exercise of the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and the press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and the right to petition. Self-guided visitors can explore visuals, multimedia, mobile sculptures, wander through interactive exhibits, and debate constitutional issues through historic and contemporary displays. You can also write a brochure on “My Bill of Rights” with “equal justice under the law”, created at the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum. Computer on-line activities discussing the U.S. Constitution, the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights, allow a visitor to select freedoms guaranteed by law and print or email a personalized Bill of Rights. A parchment print of Gardenia C. Hung’s My Bill of Rights created at the Freedom Museum reads:
1. To be compensated for private property taken for public use.
2. To receive equal protection of the laws.
3. To not be subjected to excessive fines or bail.
4. To have a speedy and public trial.
5. To assemble peacefully in public.
6. To have access to a free press.
7. To be free to own property.
8. To be notified of court proceedings as a victim of crime.
9. To not be discriminated against because of race or sex in employment or property transactions.
10. To not be subjected to arbitrary detention or exile.

Visit the McCormick Freedom Museum, located at 445 North Michigan Avenue, next to the Tribune Tower, across the Wrigley Building, along the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Call for Group Reservations, Telephone 312/222-3026.

2008 Community Service

2008-02-13T09:51:00.000-08:00

2008 Community Service Volunteer in the County of Du Page‏, in the Village of Lombard, in the Chicagoland area, Global--here, there, and everywhere...
by G.C. Hung, M.A. Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc.

As an Illinois resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen in the Village of Lombard, I have always volunteered for the community and performed community services at my own expense and using the operational budget for my company, Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc., on behalf of children, young people, adults, and the elderly, even the sick, the disabled, and the feeble--in the past, currently in the present, future, and beyond… The Friends of the Helen M. Plum Library remember me as a member of the Library Board and a volunteer editor for the quarterly newsletter, the Christmas Wreath Contest, the Annual Book Sale, and other library community events in Lilac Town. The Lombard Garden Club welcomed me as one of their own flowers and invited me to present my garden travelogue of the Jenny Butchart Gardens, the Montréal Botanical Gardens, and my own experience as a gardener and resident homeowner.Later the Lombard Service League asked me to join them as the LSL Newsletter editor and volunteer participant to promote community events at the Lexington Square Retirement Center. The Village of Lombard invited me to participate in the Community Relations Workshop and TV Channel 6 media training seminar for broadcasting and publishing events for the community-at-large.As Faculty at the College of Du Page, I volunteered extra time after regular work hours for the Latin American Committee and the European Heritage Committee, as well as for the Nursing Program featuring Spanish for Health Care Communication Professionals in the medical field. The American Red Cross has trained and certified me as a volunteer to provide First Aid, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and Advanced Electronic Defibrillator (AED) assistance for first medical responders. I have helped to save lives in the community by providing emergency care and American Red Cross assistance.At my local Christian Catholic Parish, St. Pius X Church, I have always volunteered to help and assist at church events sponsored by the Catholic Council of Women, including Elizabeth Ministry, Christmas Magic Bazaar, Chili Night, Christmas decorations, and singing with the Adult Choir during the year.Others have benefited from my community volunteer support for law enforcement agencies locally, statewide, and nationally as a member of the Illinois Sheriff Association, for many years in the Village of Lombard, Du Page County, Illinois. In Wheaton, I have volunteered for Holy Cross Lutheran Church located at 802 E. Geneva Road, to help in the Global Assistance Program providing Tie-a-Knot Blankets made by the women at church with their own hands. I have also attended the Sibelius Music Festival during the summer and participated in the musical concerts sponsored by Finlandia University at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.In addition, I have been a Court Advocate and Friend of the Court in Wheaton, at the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, Du Page Judicial Center. Also, I have offered my communication skills and language services for translation to the National Lodge at the Theosophical Society of America in Wheaton.As a Lombard resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen, I have always supported my local public schools, Westmore Elementary School and St. Pius X Catholic School. During my active years of teaching kindergarten, elementary, high school, and college students, I have volunteered endless hours for young people and the elderly alike. As a college student, I volunteered for senior citizens during a graduate project for the American Gerontological Association and Chicago-area hospitals and nursing homes. I also volunteered in Chinatown for the Chinese-American Service League.In addition, I have also volunteered for professional associations who remember me as an active member at the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Conference Committee Chair for Public Relations, at the Chicago Area Translators Association, at the American Translators Association, French and Spanish Language Divisions, and at the Federation of International Translators, around the world.

Throughout the years, I have volunteered for the City of Chicago – Office of the Mayor, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and other community groups who have shared my time at Northeastern Illinois University, St. Augustine College, Oakton Community College, etc. Since I usually have to pay cash for my own volunteer services, using my personal income, and my own company resources, equipment, and budget for Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc., I cannot say that I have failed to perform my civic duties as an Illinois resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen. As I am getting older, lacking in resources and transportation to pay for my own volunteer services, I am very selective when I offer my time to volunteer for the community-at-large. However, those who see me walking around and volunteering willingly to help others, cannot say that I have failed to do my duty as a community service volunteer in the past, present, future, and beyond…here, there, and everywhere…