Bill Text: TX SR591 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Kyle and Bernita Sheets for their philanthropic efforts.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-16 - Reported enrolled [SR591 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR591-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Kyle Sheets and Bernita Sheets have set an | ||
| inspiring example through their outstanding philanthropic | ||
| endeavors; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An admired Lubbock physician, Dr. Sheets is the | ||
| founder of Physicians Aiding Physicians Abroad; while completing | ||
| his medical residency, he traveled to Zimbabwe in 1999 for a | ||
| clinical rotation at Karanda Hospital, accompanied by | ||
| Mrs. Sheets and their 10 young children; his experience changed | ||
| his worldview profoundly, and four years later, he established | ||
| PAPA Missions to offer practical assistance to doctors who want | ||
| to participate in medical missions to developing countries but | ||
| have no experience planning such ventures; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since its inception, PAPA has helped hundreds of | ||
| medical volunteers provide their skill and expertise in a number | ||
| of different nations; by partnering with established surgical | ||
| hospitals, the organization ensures that professionals are able | ||
| to support continuity of care with maximum effectiveness; to | ||
| date, its missions have delivered more than $2.5 million in | ||
| life-saving supplies to facilities in need around the world; in | ||
| addition, the group has worked with Adonai to build a full | ||
| surgical hospital in the rural mountains of Guatemala, serving | ||
| Quiché Indians; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Sheets continues to share his time and | ||
| expertise with the hospital in Zimbabwe for a month annually, and | ||
| he and Mrs. Sheets travel to Guatemala several times a year; in | ||
| 2017, he was presented with the Humanitarian Award from the | ||
| American Academy of Family Physicians; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas Medical | ||
| Branch School of Medicine at Galveston, Dr. Sheets is president | ||
| and CEO of Concord Medical Group, which he founded in 2001 to meet | ||
| the needs of rural hospitals in West Texas; it has since grown to | ||
| serve three additional states; his work at home and abroad is | ||
| made possible by the dedicated support of Mrs. Sheets; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Kyle and Bernita Sheets have made a positive | ||
| impact in the lives of innumerable people around the world, and | ||
| their outstanding contributions are truly worthy of special | ||
| recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby honor Dr. Kyle Sheets and Bernita Sheets for | ||
| their philanthropic efforts and extend to them sincere best | ||
| wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. and Mrs. Sheets as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas Senate. | ||
| Buckingham | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 16, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
