By: Lucio S.R. No. 608 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great 1-3 pleasure in honoring Aida Porras of Edinburg for her exceptional 1-4 contributions to the lives of the residents of colonias in the 1-5 surrounding area; and 1-6 WHEREAS, For the past 22 years, Mrs. Porras has taught 1-7 thousands of colonia families basic survival information on 1-8 nutrition, menu planning, food preparation, money management, 1-9 and hygiene; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Born into the poverty-stricken conditions of 1-11 Nogales, Mexico, the young girl developed a severe mental 1-12 depression; after her marriage to her husband, Medardo, and 1-13 after the couple moved to Edinburg, her condition grew steadily 1-14 worse; she sought help from doctors who were unable to restore 1-15 the young mother to mental health; and 1-16 WHEREAS, To help alleviate the family's worsening poverty, 1-17 Aida applied for a job with the Extension Service in 1971 at the 1-18 age of 31 and was hired as an extension aide with the Expanded 1-19 Nutrition Program; and 1-20 WHEREAS, Established by the federal government in 1968 to 1-21 improve the diets and health of low-income American families, the 1-22 Expanded Nutrition Program is administered through land grant 1-23 universities in each state; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Mrs. Porras credits her job with saving her life; 2-2 now fully recovered, she is totally dedicated to bringing help 2-3 to the families she teaches; her compassion and concern includes 2-4 distributing donated food and goods to needy residents on the 2-5 weekends with the help of her husband and children; and 2-6 WHEREAS, For six months Aida teaches weekly lessons to 2-7 150 families living throughout the 20 colonias; when the program 2-8 is completed she recruits 150 more families; and 2-9 WHEREAS, Along with her lessons she teaches hope, love, 2-10 and self-respect with dramatic results in the improvement of her 2-11 students' behavior and lifestyles; now, therefore, be it 2-12 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-13 73rd Legislature, hereby commend Aida Porras for her magnificent 2-14 accomplishments and express its gratitude to her for her important 2-15 work; and, be it further 2-16 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-17 her as a token of the esteem of the Texas Senate. 2-18 _____________________________________ 2-19 President of the Senate 2-20 I hereby certify that the 2-21 above Resolution was adopted by 2-22 the Senate on April 14, 1993. 2-23 _____________________________________ 2-24 Secretary of the Senate 2-25 _____________________________________ 3-1 Member, Texas Senate