Bill Text: TX HR77 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Mary Kay Walker of Flower Mound on her retirement as president of the Seniors in Motion Auxiliary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [HR77 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR77-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 77 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Mary Kay Walker of Flower Mound is retiring as | ||
| president of the Seniors in Motion Auxiliary in November 2023, | ||
| following many years of dedicated service; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2009, when the Town of Flower Mound began the | ||
| process of establishing a standalone senior center for its Seniors | ||
| in Motion program, Mrs. Walker helped create the SIM Auxiliary as a | ||
| nonprofit organization and became its founding president; the | ||
| community-based group supports Seniors in Motion and purchases | ||
| equipment for its programs and its facilities; after outgrowing a | ||
| renovated building that once served as the first town hall, SIM | ||
| moved into its present-day location in 2015; today, the program has | ||
| more than 2,700 members from Flower Mound and surrounding areas; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Walker has been active in many other | ||
| organizations as well, including the Retired and Senior Volunteer | ||
| Program Serving Denton County, and when Texas Health Presbyterian | ||
| Hospital Flower Mound opened in 2010, she developed its volunteer | ||
| program; she served on the board of Youth and Family Counseling, and | ||
| as a member of the town's Parks, Arts, and Library Services Board, | ||
| she worked to open the Fort Wildflower recreational area; in | ||
| addition, she has served as the longtime treasurer of the Meadows at | ||
| Cross Timbers Homeowners Association and as president of the MAGIC | ||
| group at First Baptist Church Lewisville; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A retired paralegal, Mrs. Walker began volunteering | ||
| for Legal Aid for Dallas during her professional life; she enhanced | ||
| her expertise in the nonprofit arena by completing the United Way of | ||
| Denton County's Project Blueprint: Board Leadership Training, and | ||
| she gained certification as a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service | ||
| Master Wellness Volunteer; named the 2014 Advocate of the Year by | ||
| the Texas Recreation and Park Society North Region Conference, she | ||
| received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award from President | ||
| Barack Obama and the Corporation for National Community Service in | ||
| 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mary Kay Walker has enriched the lives of numerous | ||
| area residents through her tireless efforts in behalf of the SIM | ||
| Auxiliary, and her contributions have earned the admiration and | ||
| appreciation of all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor Mary Kay Walker on | ||
| the occasion of her retirement as president of the Seniors in Motion | ||
| Auxiliary and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mrs. Walker as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Bumgarner | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 77 was adopted by the House on | ||
| November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
