Bill Text: TX HR976 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Elizabeth Lester on being named the 2010 Student Ambassador of the Year by People to People Ambassador Programs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-14 - Reported enrolled [HR976 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR976-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 976 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth Lester has been named the 2010 Student | ||
| Ambassador of the Year by People to People Ambassador Programs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An eighth grader at Forestwood Middle School in | ||
| Flower Mound, Miss Lester was awarded the honor for her leadership | ||
| ability and community service as well as for a powerful essay she | ||
| wrote based on her experience as a Student Ambassador in the | ||
| European Discovery program; for her achievement, she has earned | ||
| full tuition and airfare toward the 2011 travel experience of her | ||
| choice; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, | ||
| People to People Ambassador Programs was created to promote peace | ||
| and understanding among citizens around the world; through the | ||
| decades, this exceptional initiative has worked to bridge cultural | ||
| and political borders through education and exchange among young | ||
| Americans and their counterparts in other nations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The insights and experience that Miss Lester has | ||
| gained through her travel with People to People Student Ambassador | ||
| Programs will help her immeasurably throughout her life, and she is | ||
| truly deserving of special recognition for her achievements; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Elizabeth Lester on being named the | ||
| 2010 Student Ambassador of the Year by People to People Ambassador | ||
| Programs and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Miss Lester as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Parker | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 976 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 7, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
