Bill Text: TX HR1161 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing April 18, 2019, as Meals on Wheels Texas and Meals on Wheels Association of Texas Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-24 - Reported enrolled [HR1161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1161-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing April 18, 2019, as Meals on Wheels Texas and Meals on Wheels Association of Texas Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-24 - Reported enrolled [HR1161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1161-Introduced.html
86R23850 SME-D | ||
By: Israel | H.R. No. 1161 |
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WHEREAS, Members of Meals on Wheels Texas and the Meals on | ||
Wheels Association of Texas are gathering in Austin on April 18, | ||
2019, to celebrate their legislative day at the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Meals on Wheels America is the nation's oldest and | ||
largest organization of its kind, with more than 5,000 | ||
community-based nutrition programs across the country; dedicated | ||
to addressing older adult hunger and isolation, staff and | ||
volunteers deliver hot, nutritious meals to participants; the | ||
programs also present an opportunity for a friendly visit and a | ||
neighborly check-in to ensure that residents can continue to live | ||
safely in their homes; the organization's Texas chapters employ | ||
more than 10,000 individuals and benefit from the help of over | ||
100,000 committed volunteers; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its establishment in 2004, the Meals on Wheels | ||
Association of Texas has engaged in state and national legislative | ||
advocacy on issues of importance to meal-serving organizations for | ||
older adults and persons with disabilities; the group's members | ||
were instrumental in the passage of a 2007 bill to develop Texans | ||
Feeding Texans, a home-delivered meal grant program administered by | ||
the Texas Department of Agriculture that funds approximately 140 | ||
meals-serving organizations across the state; and | ||
WHEREAS, Meals on Wheels has provided invaluable assistance | ||
to countless Texans in need, and through the devoted efforts of its | ||
staff and volunteers, the organization is certain to continue | ||
building on its record of compassionate service in the years to | ||
come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize April 18, 2019, as Meals on Wheels | ||
Texas and Meals on Wheels Association of Texas Day at the State | ||
Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best wishes | ||
for a meaningful and memorable stay in Austin; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
for the organizations as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |