H.C.R. No. 39
                                 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, Many Texans and thousands throughout the world
    1-2  suffer from leukemia and other blood-related diseases and cannot
    1-3  survive without a bone marrow transplant; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Seventy percent of these individuals lack a
    1-5  qualified donor within their own families and must find a stranger
    1-6  to offer them a second chance at life; and
    1-7        WHEREAS, Registries of potential bone marrow donors offer
    1-8  hope and help to patients all over the world; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, Transplant programs are at hospitals in the State of
   1-10  Texas, and thousands of Texans have already been registered as
   1-11  potential donors; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, It is the express desire of the members of the Texas
   1-13  Legislature to encourage potential donors to bone marrow transplant
   1-14  programs and to voice their care and concern for bone marrow
   1-15  recipients; now, therefore, be it
   1-16        RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-17  hereby designate April 10-17, 1993, as Because I Care--Bone Marrow
   1-18  Donor Awareness Week in Texas to raise public awareness of the
   1-19  critical need for bone marrow donors in this state and to mobilize
   1-20  additional support for the continuing crusade against cancer.
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   1-22                                                     H.C.R. No. 39
   1-23  _______________________________     _______________________________
   1-24      President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
    2-1        I certify that H.C.R. No. 39 was adopted by the House on
    2-2  April 7, 1993, by a non-record vote.
    2-3                                      _______________________________
    2-4                                          Chief Clerk of the House
    2-5        I certify that H.C.R. No. 39 was adopted by the Senate on
    2-6  April 14, 1993.
    2-7                                      _______________________________
    2-8                                          Secretary of the Senate
    2-9  APPROVED:  _____________________
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   2-12                   Governor