Bill Text: TX HR433 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Mary Lee Foundation in Austin.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-22 - Reported enrolled [HR433 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR433-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 433 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Current and former residents, staff, and supporters | ||
| of the Mary Lee Foundation in Austin are celebrating its 50th | ||
| anniversary on March 1, 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Mary Lee Foundation serves children and adults | ||
| with special needs, helping them develop the skills necessary to | ||
| socially integrate with and contribute to their communities; | ||
| Charlene Crump formed the foundation in a modest two-bedroom home | ||
| in South Austin in 1963; four young women from the Texas State | ||
| School moved in and, with Ms. Crump's assistance, learned how to | ||
| take care of themselves, study a trade, find employment, and live | ||
| fulfilling lives; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Crump was an early innovator of community-based | ||
| independent living programs that operate as real homes for adults | ||
| with disabilities; in 1969, Don Lilljedahl, an ordained Methodist | ||
| minister with a master's degree in social work, joined Ms. Crump as | ||
| director of the foundation, and these two caring professionals have | ||
| been honored by numerous organizations for their work; in 2002, | ||
| Mr. | ||
| Lilljedahl was awarded the Martha Arbuckle Meritorious Service | ||
| Award from the Austin Mayor's Committee for People with | ||
| Disabilities and in 2001, Ms. Crump received the Texas Governor's | ||
| Award for Outstanding Service to People with Disabilities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since 1974, the foundation has run a licensed | ||
| intermediate care facility within an apartment setting for adults | ||
| with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Lamar | ||
| Square neighborhood; in 1993, the foundation added a licensed brain | ||
| injury rehabilitation center and an extended care program; in | ||
| addition, the foundation offers daily therapeutic activities for | ||
| adults with developmental and mental health disabilities at their | ||
| Daybreak Activity Center, individualized services and support for | ||
| Central Texans who live with their own families or in other | ||
| community settings, and housing for children with disabilities at | ||
| the Kathryn Stanley Sinclair Children's Center in Woodville; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For 50 years, the Mary Lee Foundation has provided | ||
| essential services to support Texans who need assistance, and the | ||
| organization's commitment to the physical, emotional, and social | ||
| well-being of their clients is indeed deserving of recognition; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the Mary Lee Foundation on the 50th | ||
| anniversary of its founding and extend to all those affiliated with | ||
| the organization sincere best wishes for continued success with | ||
| their important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Mary Lee Foundation as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Naishtat | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 433 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 21, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
