Bill Text: TX HR1965 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Congratulating Eric Cooper, president and CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank, on his selection as the 2011 Executive Director of the Year by Feeding America.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR1965 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR1965-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 1965

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Eric Cooper, president and CEO of the San Antonio
Food Bank, has been recognized by Feeding America as its 2011
Executive Director of the Year; and
WHEREAS, Feeding America is a leading domestic hunger relief
organization; through its network of more than 200 member food
banks, it provides nutritious food to approximately 37 million
Americans each year, including 14 million children and 3 million
seniors; its Executive Director of the Year Award is presented to a
director of a member food bank who has significantly contributed to
the effort to feed the hungry in his or her community; and
WHEREAS, In his role as head of the San Antonio Food Bank, Mr.
Cooper leads an organization that feeds more than 58,000 people
every week in an area that includes Bexar County and 15 surrounding
counties; since he assumed his present post in 2001, the SAFB has
increased its distribution of food and grocery products from 14
million to more than 43 million pounds and boosted its operating
budget by over 769 percent; Mr. Cooper has also overseen a $10
million capital campaign that enabled the SAFB to move into a new
facility to better serve the community; and
WHEREAS, Under Mr. Cooper's guidance, the SAFB has added new
services and programs, increased public awareness of its mission
and the problem of hunger in the community, and expanded its team of
employees, volunteers, and donors; among the initiatives
undertaken have been the creation of a major food stamp outreach
program, the establishment of the Community Kitchen, which feeds
homeless women and children while training unemployed and
underemployed individuals in culinary, job, and life skills, and
the securing of grants that have made it possible to hire full-time
nutritionists to educate partner agencies and their clients about
obesity and other health problems caused by poor diet; and
WHEREAS, During Mr. Cooper's tenure, the SAFB has maintained
a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, and it has received the
Feeding America Food Bank of the Year Award; and
WHEREAS, In addition to his work with the SAFB, Mr. Cooper
serves as president of the board of directors for the Texas Food
Bank Network and as a member of both the Mayor's Fitness Task Force
and the Feeding America national task force on nutrition and food
sourcing; he has also co-chaired the Mayor's Task Force for Hunger
and Homelessness and helped launch a national fund-raising effort,
the Campaign for a Hunger-Free America; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Cooper is a graduate of the University of Utah,
where he earned degrees in sociology, social work, and business
administration; before he was hired to lead the SAFB, he served as
product donations manager for the North Texas Food Bank from 1999 to
2001 and as deputy director for the Utah Food Bank from 1993 to
1999; and
WHEREAS, Eric Cooper and his wife, Erinn, are the proud
parents of five children, Madison, Morgan, Gabriel, Elijah, and
Meredith; in his spare time, Mr. Cooper volunteers as a Scout Master
for the Boy Scouts of America; and
WHEREAS, An accomplished administrator, Eric Cooper has
provided inspiring leadership to the San Antonio Food Bank and
contributed immeasurably to the work of alleviating and ending
hunger in South Texas, and he is indeed worthy of this prestigious
accolade; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Eric Cooper on his selection as the
2011 Executive Director of the Year by Feeding America and extend to
him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Cooper as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Menendez
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
Allen Gooden Murphy
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
Aycock Harless Parker
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
Berman Hartnett Paxton
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
Branch Hochberg Phillips
Brown Hopson Pickett
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
Button Huberty Quintanilla
Cain Hughes Raymond
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
Carter Isaac Riddle
Castro Jackson Ritter
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
Christian Keffer Schwertner
Coleman King of Parker Scott
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
Deshotel Lavender Strama
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
Dutton Lozano Thompson
Eiland Lucio III Torres
Eissler Lyne Truitt
Elkins Madden Turner
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
Farrar Margo Villarreal
Fletcher Marquez Vo
Flynn Martinez Walle
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
Gallego McClendon White
Garza Menendez Woolley
Geren Miles Workman
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1
965 was adopted by the House on May 20,
2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House