By Gutierrez H.R. No. 444 74R8458 PFG-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The members of the Nomad Shrine Club will celebrate 1-2 the opening of the Rio Grande Valley's first outreach burn clinic 1-3 with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony at the club's headquarters 1-4 in the community of Pharr on March 17, 1995; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Founded in 1960, the Nomad Shrine Club operates 1-6 under the auspices of the Al Amin Temple of Corpus Christi and, 1-7 since its inception, has assisted the members of the Rio Grande 1-8 Valley Shrine Club with delivering burned and crippled children in 1-9 desperate need of medical attention to hospitals in Galveston and 1-10 Houston; through the years, the Nomad Shriners have assumed greater 1-11 responsibility for the project, and their dedication to its worthy 1-12 goals has resulted in their having taken the lead in fulfilling 1-13 this important task in recent years; and 1-14 WHEREAS, The members of this exceptional organization also 1-15 transport Mexican children from the border to an orthopedic 1-16 outreach clinic and remain with the children through all stages of 1-17 medical treatment, providing support to their charges, as well as 1-18 to doctors and other health care personnel; and 1-19 WHEREAS, To accomplish their valuable mission, club members 1-20 travel thousands of miles each year to cover the vast distances 1-21 between border communities and large metropolitan areas; in 1994 1-22 alone, the group made 84 trips totaling 148,000 miles, and on 1-23 average the members wear out one of their fleet of five vans each 1-24 year as a result of extensive mileage; and 2-1 WHEREAS, The new outreach burn clinic will be the first of 2-2 its kind in the Valley and will provide much-needed medical 2-3 services to children in Texas, Mexico, and New Mexico; perhaps most 2-4 important, however, is the impact the clinic will have in 2-5 significantly cutting the time needed to transport these young 2-6 patients, which will undoubtedly enhance their treatment and 2-7 recovery; and 2-8 WHEREAS, The outstanding efforts of the Nomad Shriners have 2-9 positively benefited numerous children in need of critical health 2-10 care treatment in Texas and Mexico, and the group's members indeed 2-11 merit our highest praise and recognition for their superb efforts 2-12 in this regard; now, therefore, be it 2-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas 2-14 Legislature hereby commend the Nomad Shrine Club for its 2-15 extraordinary humanitarian efforts and extend sincere best wishes 2-16 to club officers Hal Angelroth, Marvin Miller, Herb Walther, Blair 2-17 Whistler, and Noe Garza and to the other Nomad Shriners for their 2-18 continued success in the years to come; and, be it further 2-19 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-20 prepared for the Nomad Shrine Club as an expression of high regard 2-21 by the Texas House of Representatives.