Bill Text: TX HR876 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Vedha Vaddaraju on her receipt of a 2023 First Lady's Youth Volunteer Rising Star Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-14 - Reported enrolled [HR876 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR876-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 876 |
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WHEREAS, Vedha Vaddaraju is being presented with a First | ||
Lady's Youth Volunteer Rising Star Award at the Governor's | ||
Volunteer Awards reception at the Texas Governor's Mansion on April | ||
19, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Administered by OneStar, the Texas state service | ||
commission, this prestigious awards program honors exemplary | ||
service by those who have made significant and measurable | ||
contributions to Texas communities; the First Lady's Youth | ||
Volunteer Rising Star category recognizes Texans 18 years of age | ||
and younger who demonstrate leadership, commitment to service, and | ||
the ability to inspire others of all ages to serve; and | ||
WHEREAS, Vedha Vaddaraju, a student at Plano West Senior High | ||
School, cofounded Letters of Gold with her best friend; early in the | ||
COVID-19 pandemic, they launched the initiative to brighten the | ||
days of health care workers by sending letters of encouragement; | ||
the positive response led them to expand their efforts; forming | ||
chapters in many local schools, and enlisting other volunteers from | ||
around the world, they have coordinated and facilitated numerous | ||
letter writing campaigns through the Letters of Gold website; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its inception, Letters of Gold has provided | ||
thousands of caring messages to people in need of motivation or a | ||
meaningful connection, including domestic violence survivors, | ||
cancer patients, Afghan refugees, and residents of senior housing; | ||
Ms. Vaddaraju has offered monthly training sessions for other | ||
youngsters to foster civic engagement, and she has used her | ||
platform for other worthy endeavors, such as a book drive for Dallas | ||
Independent School District libraries; and | ||
WHEREAS, Demonstrating leadership and compassion, Vedha | ||
Vaddaraju has helped lift the spirits of countless people, and her | ||
work in behalf of Letters of Gold has made her a role model for her | ||
peers; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Vedha Vaddaraju on her receipt of a | ||
2023 First Lady's Youth Volunteer Rising Star Award 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 Ms. Vaddaraju as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Plesa | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 876 was adopted by the House on April | ||
14, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||