Bill Text: TX SR482 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Lifeline Chaplaincy for its hospital ministry work.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-29 - Again read [SR482 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR482-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Lifeline Chaplaincy for its exceptional hospital | ||
| ministry work; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A ministry of the Church of Christ, Lifeline | ||
| Chaplaincy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing | ||
| compassionate care and support to the seriously ill and their | ||
| families and caregivers and to being an educational resource for | ||
| crisis ministry; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lifeline Chaplaincy traces its roots to the | ||
| charitable work of Marie Banister, who in 1968 began visiting the | ||
| children's ward at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; | ||
| she became known as "The Pillow Lady" after she began bringing | ||
| small, handmade pillows to the children; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, the organization employs five full-time | ||
| chaplains and has a great number of committed pastoral care | ||
| volunteers who serve in hospitals across the state; its many | ||
| programs include the Soft Touch Ministry, which draws on the | ||
| inspiration of Marie Banister's work to create and deliver | ||
| handmade pillows, lap robes, cancer caps, and other specialty | ||
| items to patients; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Another key Lifeline Chaplaincy program is | ||
| Compassionate Touch, which is dedicated to providing emergency | ||
| short-term resources to hospital patients and caregivers; the | ||
| program grew out of Lifeline Chaplaincy's long-standing close | ||
| relationships with hospital social services personnel, who work | ||
| directly with the organization to coordinate help for those in | ||
| need, and it now serves more than 2,000 patients and families | ||
| each year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Compassionate Touch provides one-time funding for | ||
| such immediate expenses as hotels, food, parking, travel, and | ||
| utilities, usually within 48 hours, and without bureaucratic | ||
| delays; assistance is provided irrespective of a patient's race, | ||
| gender, type of injury or illness, age, ethnicity, geographical | ||
| origin, or religious preference, and the organization has | ||
| disbursed $2.5 million since its inception in 1997; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lifeline Chaplaincy also offers a range of | ||
| workshops and seminars to train church leaders and pastoral care | ||
| volunteers to help patients and families in crisis; it is truly | ||
| fitting that this outstanding organization receive special | ||
| recognition for offering support and comfort to those who need it | ||
| most; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend the staff and volunteers of Lifeline | ||
| Chaplaincy on their commitment to providing care and support to | ||
| hospital patients, their families, and their caregivers and extend | ||
| to them best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| this exceptional organization as an expression of high regard | ||
| from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Watson | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 22, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
