Bill Text: TX HR2629 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring the Deer Park Lions Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2629 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2629-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring the Deer Park Lions Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2629 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2629-Introduced.html
85R34207(1) KSM-D | ||
By: Cain | H.R. No. 2629 |
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WHEREAS, Lions Clubs International is celebrating the 100th | ||
anniversary of its founding in 2017, and this occasion provides an | ||
ideal opportunity to honor the Deer Park Lions Club for its good | ||
works; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established in 1917 by Melvin Jones as the | ||
Association of Lions Clubs, the community service organization held | ||
its first national convention that year in Dallas, with 12 of the 23 | ||
participating clubs hailing from Texas; the Lions adopted a prime | ||
mission a decade later when Helen Keller urged them to become | ||
"Knights of the Blind"; through the years, the organization has | ||
undertaken numerous initiatives benefiting the visually impaired | ||
while also carrying out many other humanitarian efforts; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Lions of Texas have dedicated themselves to | ||
supporting such national programs as Sight for Kids, which has | ||
provided nearly 20 million screenings, and SightFirst, which raises | ||
funds for cataract operations and for programs to fight the other | ||
major causes of blindness; in addition, Texas Lions have introduced | ||
a number of effective initiatives, among them Journey for Sight and | ||
the Juvenile Diabetes Program; the Midland Lions became the first | ||
regional recycling center for collecting glasses to send abroad to | ||
those in need, and the Lions of Texas have formed five eye banks to | ||
assist in the collection and distribution of corneas for | ||
transplantation and medical research; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since 1949, the Texas Lions Camp has welcomed | ||
approximately 70,000 children with physical disabilities and | ||
diabetes, providing horseback riding, swimming, campouts, and | ||
other outdoor activities; the Lions of Texas also support disaster | ||
relief, antidrug campaigns, and vaccination programs; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many Texas Lions have served in key leadership roles | ||
with the parent organization, which today has 1.4 million members | ||
in over 200 locations around the world; Lions Clubs International | ||
was named the top nongovernmental agency in the world by the United | ||
Nations in 2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, Embodying the motto "We Serve," which has guided | ||
Lions Clubs International for more than four decades, the members | ||
of the Deer Park Lions Club have made a lasting, positive impact in | ||
their community and beyond, and they are truly deserving of special | ||
recognition in this centennial year; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Deer Park Lions Club on the occasion of | ||
the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International | ||
and extend to its members sincere best wishes for continued success | ||
in their important endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Deer Park Lions Club as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |