R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Volunteers from the Senior Companion Program will 1-2 visit Austin on March 13, 1997, to observe the 75th Texas 1-3 Legislature, and it is a privilege to welcome these exemplary 1-4 Texans to the Capitol City; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The Senior Companion Program creates an opportunity 1-6 for active Texans, age 60 and older, to help fellow seniors 1-7 suffering from illness, frailty, or loneliness; this vital service 1-8 allows volunteers to keep their minds and bodies active while 1-9 providing a valuable alternative to expensive institutionalized 1-10 care; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The program is designed to help Texas' senior 1-12 citizens in a variety of ways, from providing transportation to the 1-13 grocery store or the doctor's office to offering a sympathetic ear 1-14 in times of trouble; in its first year of implementation, 1-15 volunteers provided more than 8,000 hours of aid, and in 1995-1996, 1-16 the Senior Companions of Texas gave more than one-half million 1-17 hours of service to needy seniors; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Americans are living longer, healthier, and more 1-19 productive lives, yielding a larger volunteer base from which to 1-20 draw support for those older Texans who need regular assistance, 1-21 yet are otherwise capable of living on their own; this program's 1-22 volunteers have demonstrated a tremendous work ethic and a 1-23 remarkable commitment to their peers, and the members of this 1-24 chamber are proud to honor them at this time; now, therefore, be it 2-1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-2 Legislature hereby welcome the Senior Companion Program volunteers 2-3 to the State Capitol and congratulate these fine citizens on their 2-4 efforts in behalf of this outstanding program; and, be it further 2-5 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-6 prepared for these volunteers as an expression of high regard by 2-7 the Texas House of Representatives. Wise 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 _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 315 was adopted by the House on March 13, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House