Bill Text: TX SR971 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Denver Harbor Senior Citizens Center on the occasion of its 35th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-25 - Reported enrolled [SR971 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR971-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Members of the Denver Harbor Senior Citizens | ||
Center in Houston are celebrating the center's 35th anniversary | ||
in May 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, Though it was officially established on June 6, | ||
1980, the organization's roots can be traced back to the late | ||
1970s, when a group of senior citizens in the Denver Harbor | ||
neighborhood began to gather for social and recreational | ||
activities; the group met in the area's one-room library for many | ||
years before moving in 2001 to a space in the newly constructed | ||
multiservice building in Denver Harbor Park; and | ||
WHEREAS, Known to members as "El Centro Alegre," or "The | ||
Happy Center," the Denver Harbor Senior Citizens Center helps | ||
individuals 60 and older retain their sense of self-worth and | ||
purpose through daily amusements, such as dominoes and arts and | ||
crafts, while monthly birthday celebrations and field trips create | ||
opportunities for them to socialize and make new friends; and | ||
WHEREAS, The center is funded by the United Way of the Texas | ||
Gulf Coast and the Area Agency on Aging, and it benefits from the | ||
leadership of its director, Juan Alejandro, and its board | ||
president, Roy Zermeno; under their expert guidance, the | ||
organization's caring and dedicated staff ensure seniors remain | ||
healthy through telephone and home visits to the ill, biannual | ||
health screenings, nutritional breakfasts and lunches, and weekly | ||
exercise programs; in addition, the center offers transportation | ||
for residents living within two and a half miles; and | ||
WHEREAS, For 35 years, the Denver Harbor Senior Citizens | ||
Center has provided elderly residents with essential services as | ||
well as an important outlet to stay active and social, and the | ||
center is indeed deserving of recognition for its many | ||
contributions to the local community; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the 35th anniversary of the | ||
Denver Harbor Senior Citizens Center and extend to all those | ||
associated with the center sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the center as an expression of high regard from the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Garcia | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 25, 2015. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |