Bill Text: TX HR480 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending El Pasoans Fighting Hunger for its continuing service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-03 - Reported enrolled [HR480 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR480-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 480 | ||
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| WHEREAS, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (EPFH), El Paso's only | ||
| food bank, has implemented a number of strategies in order to | ||
| continue addressing food insecurity in the midst of the COVID-19 | ||
| pandemic; and | ||
| WHEREAS, EPFH is a member of Feeding America, the nation's | ||
| largest hunger relief network; the food bank is the distribution | ||
| center for more than 130 partner agencies and 235 mobile pantries | ||
| across the borderland region, as well as a collaborative hub for | ||
| SNAP and other support services; it currently provides meals to an | ||
| estimated 200,000 people who are facing hunger, including families, | ||
| children, single parents, seniors, and military veterans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 crisis, EPFH has been required | ||
| to adapt its methods of distributing food in order to keep its | ||
| volunteers, staff, and clients safe; the organization created a | ||
| task force that meets regularly to discuss health and safety | ||
| measures, while it works to keep pace with the demand for nutritious | ||
| food in its three-county service area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, To reduce person-to-person contact at its | ||
| distribution sites, EPFH began creating approximately 8,000 family | ||
| meal boxes each week, and it has also provided partner agencies with | ||
| the means of creating meal boxes of their own; EPFH has collaborated | ||
| with El Paso County and the City of El Paso to prepare and deliver | ||
| food boxes to residents of local senior centers, and it has also | ||
| supplied emergency food boxes to individuals in quarantine due to a | ||
| COVID-19 diagnosis; to further improve safety, EPFH has | ||
| transitioned to a drive-through model at its locations, and in | ||
| partnership with the City of El Paso, it has opened new sites to | ||
| expand access to clients in the northeastern and western areas of | ||
| the city; and | ||
| WHEREAS, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger has served as a critical | ||
| lifeline to countless area Texans who have found themselves in need | ||
| of assistance in these unprecedented times, and the tireless | ||
| dedication demonstrated by its compassionate volunteers and staff | ||
| is truly an inspiration; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend El Pasoans Fighting Hunger for its | ||
| continuing service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 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 El Pasoans Fighting Hunger as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Fierro | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 480 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
