Bill Text: TX SR908 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Peterson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary for its service to the Kerrville community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR908-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize the Peterson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary for 40 | ||
years of outstanding service to the Kerrville community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established in 1977, the auxiliary is an | ||
organization of engaged volunteers who give of their time and | ||
talents to serve the Peterson Regional Medical Center and to | ||
support patients and their families; and | ||
WHEREAS, In the years since the auxiliary's founding, | ||
members have worked together to meet the varying needs of the | ||
hospital and its patients; they have hosted innumerable | ||
fund-raisers to help purchase medical equipment and teaching | ||
tools, and between 1977 and 2008, the group funded 73 | ||
scholarships for nursing students; and | ||
WHEREAS, The auxiliary is also credited with initiating a | ||
waiting room service in the intensive care unit to report | ||
patients' conditions to family members, and it has established | ||
specialized volunteer areas to assist medical staff and provide | ||
supplemental services to patients; in the 1980s, auxiliary | ||
volunteers established a much-needed gift shop in the hospital, | ||
and over the years, it has become one of the group's most | ||
successful fund-raising endeavors; and | ||
WHEREAS, On May 11, 2017, members of the Peterson Regional | ||
Medical Center Auxiliary family gathered at Saint Peter's | ||
Episcopal Church to celebrate the organization's four decades of | ||
service in the Kerrville community; the volunteers can indeed | ||
take pride in their invaluable support of the medical center and | ||
their work on behalf of area citizens; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate all associated with the | ||
Peterson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary on its 40th | ||
anniversary and extend to them best wishes for the future; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the auxiliary as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Buckingham | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |