H.R. No. 893

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Proud members of Feeding Texas are gathering in
	Austin to celebrate Texas Food Bank Day at the State Capitol on
	April 13, 2023; and
	WHEREAS, Established in 1986, the Feeding Texas network
	consists of 21 food banks that work through more than 4,000
	community agencies to reduce hunger and improve health in all 254
	Texas counties; and
	WHEREAS, To further these goals, the network has fostered
	many public-private partnerships, including the Texans Feeding
	Texans Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program, which helps
	provide food to low-income families by offering incentives to
	growers to donate fresh produce that would otherwise be left in the
	field; this initiative offsets the costs of harvesting, packaging,
	and transportation and has resulted in the distribution of 350
	million pounds of surplus produce across the state; and
	WHEREAS, Members of Feeding Texas have also established a
	partnership with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to
	improve the diets of low-income Texans by offering nutrition
	education and disease prevention services; and
	WHEREAS, By leveraging their expertise and experience,
	members of Feeding Texas respond to families in need swiftly and
	effectively when crisis strikes; Texas food banks delivered one
	billion pounds of food during the first year of the COVID-19
	pandemic; and
	WHEREAS, Network members have partnered with the Texas Health
	and Human Services Commission to provide client education and
	application assistance for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance
	Program, greatly increasing the efficiency of the
	eligibility-determination process; and
	WHEREAS, By facilitating the distribution of surplus food,
	responding to disaster, raising awareness about good dietary
	practices, and helping to prevent diet-related disease, Feeding
	Texas is reducing hunger and contributing greatly to the health and
	well-being of the people of Texas; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize April 13, 2023, as Texas Food Bank Day
	at the State Capitol and extend to the staff and volunteers of
	Feeding Texas sincere best wishes for continued success in their
	important work; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Feeding Texas as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
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	Phelan Guerra Murr
	Allen Guillen Neave Criado
	Allison Harless Noble
	Anchía Harris of Anderson Oliverson
	Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz
	Ashby Harrison Orr
	Bailes Hayes Ortega
	Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson
	Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul
	Bernal Herrero Perez
	Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa
	Bonnen Holland Price
	Bowers Howard Ramos
	Bryant Hull Raney
	Buckley Hunter Raymond
	Bucy Isaac Reynolds
	Bumgarner Jetton Rogers
	Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
	Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose
	Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal
	Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer
	Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline
	Canales Kacal Schofield
	Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen
	Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr.
	Cole Kitzman Shine
	Collier Klick Slaton
	Cook Kuempel Slawson
	Cortez Lalani Smith
	Craddick Lambert Smithee
	Cunningham Landgraf Spiller
	Darby Leach Stucky
	Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson
	Dean Longoria Talarico
	DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper
	Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry
	Dutton Lozano Thimesch
	Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria
	Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris
	Frazier Martinez Tinderholt
	Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth
	Garcia Metcalf Troxclair
	Gates Meyer Turner
	Gerdes Meza VanDeaver
	Geren Moody Vasut
	Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo
	Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle
	González of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson
	González of El Paso Morrison Wu
	Goodwin Muñoz, Jr. Zwiener
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 893 was adopted by the House on April
	13, 2023, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House