Bill Text: TX SR524 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing Goodwill Industries of Dallas on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-08 - Reported enrolled [SR524 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR524-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing Goodwill Industries of Dallas on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-08 - Reported enrolled [SR524 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR524-Introduced.html
88R20407 CW-D | ||
By: Johnson, et al. | S.R. No. 524 |
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WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries of Dallas is celebrating its | ||
100th anniversary in 2023, providing a fitting opportunity to | ||
recognize the organization for its myriad contributions to the | ||
North Texas region; and | ||
WHEREAS, The inaugural Goodwill organization in Texas was | ||
established in 1923 in Dallas when a group of women from the | ||
Southern Methodist Church held a clothing drive as a fundraising | ||
project; the project became a successful operation, and it was | ||
later named Goodwill Industries of Dallas; executive director | ||
Gerald Clore envisioned the expansion of Goodwill across the Lone | ||
Star State, and the Goodwill Industries of San Antonio and Houston | ||
opened their doors in 1945; today, Goodwill encompasses more than | ||
140 locations in Texas and is part of an international network; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Dallas Goodwill's donated goods program | ||
provides employment by offering work through the recycling and | ||
reselling of material donations in stores, while keeping millions | ||
of pounds of reusable items out of landfills; every dollar that is | ||
generated from its retail stores is invested back into creating | ||
employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and | ||
disadvantaging conditions; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Dallas Goodwill's workforce development program | ||
provides assessments, education, coaching, and career placement | ||
for North Texans; moreover, the organization offers job training | ||
and employment for people from all walks of life, including the | ||
working poor and the underemployed, formerly incarcerated | ||
individuals who are reentering the workforce, and those who haven't | ||
earned a GED or the high school equivalency; Dallas Goodwill's day | ||
habilitation services utilizes an interactive classroom setting to | ||
support adults with developmental disabilities and to help them | ||
gain academic, living, social, and basic money management skills; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, For a century, Goodwill Industries of Dallas has | ||
played an important role in the North Texas community, changing | ||
lives through the power of meaningful work and equipping people | ||
with the tools they need to reach their full potential as engaged | ||
and productive members of society; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Goodwill Industries of | ||
Dallas and extend to all those associated with the organization | ||
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Goodwill Industries of Dallas as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas Senate. |