Governor Quinn Encourages Residents to Support Illinois Military Family Relief Fund

by Gary Kopycinski on September 10, 2011

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Almost $12 Million Distributed to Illinois Military Families; 25,000 Applications Granted in Eight Year History

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today called on Illinois residents to donate to the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund. To date, the fund has distributed almost $12 million to Illinois military families to assist with the financial burden at home when a loved one is deployed overseas.

“With our nation remembering the terrible tragedy that shook our country ten…