Bill Text: TX HR630 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Mary Etta Berry Delaney of Houston on her receipt of a 2011 Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR630 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR630-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Mary Etta Berry Delaney of Houston on her receipt of a 2011 Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR630 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR630-Introduced.html
82R11374 MGR-D | ||
By: Dutton | H.R. No. 630 |
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WHEREAS, Mary Etta Berry Delaney of Houston is receiving a | ||
2011 Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Texas Legislative | ||
Black Caucus; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Onalaska, Mrs. Delaney has made Houston her | ||
home since 1948; an active member of the Miles Chapel Christian | ||
Methodist Episcopal Church for more than six decades, she currently | ||
serves on the stewardess and Christian education boards, | ||
participates in the prayer band and missionary society, and | ||
contributes to the church's Sunday school programs; in addition, | ||
she organized and became a leader for church-affiliated Boy Scout | ||
and Girl Scout troops; and | ||
WHEREAS, An employee of the Houston Independent School | ||
District for 34 years, Mrs. Delaney is now a permanent volunteer | ||
with the district; she shares her time and talents with a number of | ||
civic associations, including the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center and | ||
its Elders Institute of Wisdom, Finnigan Park Seniors in Action, | ||
Church Women United, Harris County Council of Organizations, and | ||
Black Heritage Society; in addition, she is a life member of the | ||
National Council of Negro Women and the NAACP; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Delaney began Delaney for Christ Ministries | ||
with her children and siblings in 1998, and the group now operates | ||
in Houston, Lubbock, and Garland; exemplifying the motto "meet | ||
people where they are," the ministry organizes activities such as | ||
church and youth revivals, outreach programs, choir workshops, | ||
prison ministries, church reunions, and entertainment for senior | ||
citizens' homes; moreover, Mrs. Delaney is the cofounder of | ||
Africans United for Sanity Now, a mental health initiative that | ||
holds yearly workshops in Houston and New York City; and | ||
WHEREAS, Affectionately known as "Mother Delaney," this | ||
respected community leader has mentored countless young people from | ||
all walks of life, and she is well-loved for her storytelling | ||
abilities, lively personality, wit, and sage advice; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her tireless efforts in behalf of her fellow | ||
citizens, Mary Etta Delaney has set an inspiring example of civic | ||
engagement, and in so doing, she has earned the deep respect and | ||
admiration of all who know her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Etta Berry Delaney on her | ||
receipt of a 2011 Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Texas | ||
Legislative Black Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success and happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Delaney as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |