Bill Text: TX HR2021 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Good Neighbor Settlement House.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Reported enrolled [HR2021 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2021-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Good Neighbor Settlement House.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Reported enrolled [HR2021 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2021-Introduced.html
88R29600 TBO-D | ||
By: Gamez | H.R. No. 2021 |
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WHEREAS, Good Neighbor Settlement House is celebrating its | ||
70th anniversary in 2023, and this occasion offers a welcome | ||
opportunity to reflect on the organization's vital work in behalf | ||
of the Brownsville community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Good Neighbor Settlement House traces its origins to | ||
February 6, 1953, when a group of women affiliated with the First | ||
United Methodist Church established the organization to provide | ||
support services to residents of the Buena Vida neighborhood; over | ||
the years, the organization has expanded its efforts to address | ||
hunger and homelessness throughout Brownsville, and its many | ||
initiatives include a soup kitchen, a respite program, a food bank, | ||
a hygiene program, and medical services; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, Good Neighbor Settlement House benefits from | ||
the able leadership of executive director Astrid Dominguez and | ||
president of the board Daniel Elkin, as well as from the outstanding | ||
efforts of its staff, board members, and volunteers; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the past seven decades, Good Neighbor | ||
Settlement House has made a meaningful difference in the lives of | ||
countless area residents in need, and the organization is truly | ||
deserving of recognition on this important milestone in its | ||
history; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 70th anniversary of Good | ||
Neighbor Settlement House and extend to all those associated with | ||
the organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Good Neighbor Settlement House as an expression of | ||
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |