Bill Text: TX HR1068 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring Sneha and Pranai Reddy of Corpus Christi for their work as founders of Walk Again.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-18 - Reported enrolled [HR1068 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1068-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring Sneha and Pranai Reddy of Corpus Christi for their work as founders of Walk Again.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-18 - Reported enrolled [HR1068 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1068-Introduced.html
86R22442 BK-D | ||
By: Hunter | H.R. No. 1068 |
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WHEREAS, Sneha and Pranai Reddy, two students from Incarnate | ||
Word Academy in Corpus Christi, founded the charitable group Walk | ||
Again to help change the lives of children and adults in India with | ||
severe physical challenges; and | ||
WHEREAS, The brother-sister duo established the organization | ||
in 2017 alongside their cousin, Nischal Chennuru; while visiting | ||
family in India, the three students saw many people with missing | ||
limbs in the rural areas of Nellore District in Andhra Pradesh and | ||
witnessed firsthand how their condition impacted nearly every | ||
aspect of their lives, from their ability to work to their social | ||
standing in the community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sneha and Pranai Reddy began performing research | ||
into how to improve access to prosthetic limbs for Indians who could | ||
not afford them; this led to the discovery of a southern India-based | ||
nonprofit, Freedom Trust, that was aligned with their goals; the | ||
students decided to make it the mission of Walk Again to raise funds | ||
to support the work of Freedom Trust; they started out by selling | ||
hand-sewn tablecloths and went on to hold a charity golf tournament | ||
to garner donations for the project, and they have also devoted | ||
themselves to educating others about their cause; and | ||
WHEREAS, The funds raised through Walk Again have helped | ||
identify suitable candidates for prosthetic limbs, design and | ||
customize the prostheses, and train their recipients on how to use | ||
them; on December 27, 2018, Sneha and Pranai Reddy and Nischal | ||
Chennuru attended a ceremony in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, | ||
where they witnessed the culmination of many months of | ||
collaborative work between Walk Again and Freedom Trust; at the | ||
event, the students were able to participate in handing out | ||
prosthetic limbs to 100 grateful recipients; and | ||
WHEREAS, Walk Again is giving people who are coping with | ||
great adversity a renewed outlook on life, and Sneha and Pranai | ||
Reddy have distinguished themselves as young Texans of remarkable | ||
dedication, compassion, and initiative through this endeavor; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Sneha and Pranai Reddy for their work as | ||
founders of Walk Again and extend to them sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
for Sneha and Pranai Reddy as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |