Bill Text: TX HR357 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Brazosport Cares Food Pantry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR357 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR357-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 357 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Brazosport Cares Food Pantry is celebrating 30 | ||
| years of vital assistance to the Brazosport area on September 16, | ||
| 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A group of local churches and concerned citizens | ||
| began organizing the Brazosport Cares Food Pantry in 1986, and the | ||
| inaugural board meeting took place on March 16 of the following | ||
| year; the pantry initially operated out of a facility in Clute, | ||
| where it saw 2,000 client interactions in its first year, and it | ||
| relocated to Freeport in 1996; the organization today serves a | ||
| number of communities, including Clute, Freeport, Jones Creek, Lake | ||
| Jackson, Oyster Creek, Quintana, Richwood, and Surfside, feeding an | ||
| average of 400 families each month; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Guided by its mission statement, "Feeding | ||
| Brazosport's hungry through food distribution, education, | ||
| collaboration, and advocacy," the food pantry has also established | ||
| and taken part in a number of outreach initiatives; it has provided | ||
| food to chronically hungry students in Freeport and Jones Creek | ||
| schools and to participants in the Brazosport College Jumpstart | ||
| Workforce program, and its Healthy Options Program for the Elderly | ||
| has helped improve the nutrition and well-being of local low-income | ||
| seniors; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With the worthy goal of alleviating hunger, the | ||
| Brazosport Cares Food Pantry makes immeasurable contributions to | ||
| area residents' quality of life, and it indeed merits special | ||
| recognition for its achievements and service; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the 30th | ||
| anniversary of the Brazosport Cares Food Pantry and extend to all | ||
| those associated with the organization sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the food pantry as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Bonnen of Brazoria | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 357 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
