Bill Text: TX SR408 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 13, 2017, as Girl Scout Legislative Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-13 - Reported enrolled [SR408 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR408-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
join Texans across the state in celebrating the Girl Scout Cookie | ||
Program and March 13, 2017, as Girl Scout Legislative Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of what | ||
has become the largest entrepreneurial training program for | ||
girls in the world, the Girl Scout Cookie Program; the first | ||
known sale of cookies by Girl Scouts occurred in 1917, when the | ||
Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, baked cookies and sold | ||
them in a high school cafeteria as a service project; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches young women | ||
five essential entrepreneurial skills; Girl Scouts learn about | ||
goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, | ||
and business ethics; in keeping with the Girl Scout mission of | ||
preparing girls for the future, the program has launched Digital | ||
Cookie, an online initiative through which girls learn such | ||
modern technological skills as e-marketing, digital money | ||
management, and online dashboard usage; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the last 100 years, proceeds from the sale of | ||
Girl Scout cookies have gone to support a wide range of worthy | ||
causes, while helping girls learn valuable business techniques | ||
that will be useful as they face the challenges of an | ||
ever-changing society; and | ||
WHEREAS, Girl Scout cookies have become an important part of the | ||
fabric of life in communities across the nation, and it is truly fitting | ||
that this exceptional tradition receive special recognition; and | ||
WHEREAS, As part of Girl Scout Legislative Day, the Girl | ||
Scouts of Texas have stated that all of the woman senators in the | ||
Texas Senate be considered members of the special Girl Scout | ||
Honorary Troop 1920, which is named in tribute to the year women | ||
were granted the right to vote; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate the Girl Scouts on the 100th | ||
year of the Girl Scout Cookie Program and extend best wishes to | ||
all for a memorable Girl Scout Legislative Day; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
honor of this special occasion. | ||
Zaffirini | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 13, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |