Bill Text: TX SR163 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing El Pasoans Fighting Hunger for its service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-22 - Reported enrolled [SR163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR163-Enrolled.html
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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 Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
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 from the Texas Senate. | ||
Blanco | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 22, 2021. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |