HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 1-1           WHEREAS, On May 20, 1997, health care professionals and

 1-2     concerned Texans from around the state will be in Austin to

 1-3     celebrate Think Child Safety Day at the State Capitol; part of

 1-4     Emergency Medical Services Week, this occasion furnishes an ideal

 1-5     opportunity to inform a wider public about the Think Child Safety

 1-6     program; and

 1-7           WHEREAS, Created by Paris/Lamar County paramedics, this

 1-8     worthwhile program is designed to increase public awareness of

 1-9     injury prevention safeguards through a number of innovative means;

1-10     and

1-11           WHEREAS, One of the program's most effective techniques is

1-12     that of training high school  students as safety educators; after

1-13     receiving instruction in injury prevention from health care

1-14     professionals, the students themselves team up with paramedics,

1-15     firefighters, and law enforcement officers to make presentations in

1-16     elementary schools; and

1-17           WHEREAS, By involving students more directly in the

1-18     educational process, this ingenious approach instills the

1-19     principles of injury prevention in children at a young age even as

1-20     their older counterparts gain valuable experience in community

1-21     interaction; and

1-22           WHEREAS, Children are the Lone Star State's most precious

1-23     natural resource, and the dedicated volunteers and sponsors who

1-24     have given freely of their time, talent, and resources to the Think

 2-1     Child Safety program are indeed deserving of every Texan's deepest

 2-2     respect and gratitude; now, therefore, be it

 2-3           RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas

 2-4     hereby designate May 20, 1997, as Think Child Safety Day at the

 2-5     State Capitol and extend sincere best wishes to all those

 2-6     associated with this program for continued success in the future.

                                                                   Patterson

         Laney                   Gutierrez                Oliveira

         Alexander               Haggerty                 Olivo

         Allen                   Hamric                   Palmer

         Alvarado                Hartnett                 Patterson

         Averitt                 Hawley                   Pickett

         Bailey                  Heflin                   Pitts

         Berlanga                Hernandez                Place

         Bonnen                  Hightower                Price

         Bosse                   Hilbert                  Puente

         Brimer                  Hilderbran               Rabuck

         Burnam                  Hill                     Ramsay

         Carter                  Hinojosa                 Rangel

         Chavez                  Hirschi                  Raymond

         Chisum                  Hochberg                 Reyna of Bexar

         Christian               Hodge                    Reyna of Dallas

         Clark                   Holzheauser              Rhodes

         Coleman                 Horn                     Rodriguez

         Cook                    Howard                   Roman

         Corte                   Hunter                   Sadler

         Counts                  Hupp                     Seaman

         Crabb                   Isett                    Serna

         Craddick                Jackson                  Shields

         Cuellar                 Janek                    Siebert

         Culberson               Jones of Lubbock         Smith

         Danburg                 Jones of Dallas          Smithee

         Davila                  Junell                   Solis

         Davis                   Kamel                    Solomons

         Delisi                  Keel                     Staples

         Denny                   Keffer                   Stiles

         Driver                  King                     Swinford

         Dukes                   Krusee                   Talton

         Dunnam                  Kubiak                   Telford

         Dutton                  Kuempel                  Thompson

         Edwards                 Lewis of Tarrant         Tillery

         Ehrhardt                Lewis of Orange          Torres

         Eiland                  Longoria                 Turner of Coleman

         Elkins                  Luna                     Turner of Harris

         Farrar                  McCall                   Uher

         Finnell                 McClendon                Van de Putte

         Flores                  McReynolds               Walker

         Gallego                 Madden                   West

         Galloway                Marchant                 Williams

         Garcia                  Maxey                    Williamson

         Giddings                Merritt                  Wilson

         Glaze                   Moffat                   Wise

         Goodman                 Moreno                   Wohlgemuth

         Goolsby                 Mowery                   Wolens

         Gray                    Naishtat                 Woolley

         Greenberg               Nixon                    Yarbrough

         Grusendorf              Oakley                   Zbranek

         _______________________________     _______________________________

             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.C.R. No. 276 was adopted by the House on May

         20, 1997, by a non-record vote.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.C.R. No. 276 was adopted by the Senate on

         May 22, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

                    _____________________

                          Governor