1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 796 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to 1-4 salute the organization Las Chulas del Barrio, a group of parent 1-5 volunteers who are dedicated to cleaning up their neighborhood; 1-6 and 1-7 WHEREAS, The community of Segundo Barrio is one of the 1-8 poorest in the nation, yet innovative members of the neighborhood 1-9 have banded together to clean the streets and alleys in their area 1-10 every Wednesday during the school year; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The parent volunteers are committed to making an 1-12 impact on their environment by conducting community cleanups and 1-13 encouraging responsibility among young people for their schools 1-14 and neighborhood by respecting property and building strong 1-15 community pride; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Children and students of the volunteers are known 1-17 as El Futuro del Barrio and are provided with T-shirts with that 1-18 designation; they help in the cleanups and are planning and 1-19 implementing a beautification project for Guillen Middle School; 1-20 and 1-21 WHEREAS, Las Chulas will furnish brooms, shovels, gloves, 1-22 and bags for the collected trash; and 1-23 WHEREAS, Las Chulas was recognized by Keep Texas Beautiful 2-1 in 1995 as the Civic Organization Honoree for the whole state, 2-2 and recently Keep America Beautiful announced that Las Chulas is 2-3 included in the top six groups in the nation for its efforts to 2-4 keep the youth of the neighborhood involved and the community 2-5 clean; the recognition has certainly been an honor; and 2-6 WHEREAS, The outstanding men and women who serve their 2-7 community as members of Las Chulas del Barrio include: 2-8 Evelyn Chisari, Margarita Gonzalez, Manuela Rivas, Ester Villagrana, 2-9 Socorro Gonzalez, Maria Villalobos, Maria del Refugio Mendoza, 2-10 Maria Montes, Maria Ester Carrillo, Maria Concepcion Macias, 2-11 Martina Garcia, Librada Lozano, Dolores Ceniceros, Melida Jauregui, 2-12 Leticia Rodriguez, Consuelo Rodriguez, Cristina Fonseca, 2-13 Dolores Cabral, Candice Brewer, Eloisa Ramirez, Guadalupe Perez, 2-14 Monserrat Rivas, Marta Gaytan, Nora Montes, and Lisa Romero; now, 2-15 therefore, be it 2-16 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-17 75th Legislature, hereby congratulate Las Chulas del Barrio for 2-18 its success and effectiveness and wish the members well in their 2-19 future endeavors; and, be it further 2-20 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an 2-21 expression of the highest regard and esteem of the Texas Senate. 2-22 Shapleigh 2-23 ______________________________________ 2-24 President of the Senate 2-25 I hereby certify that the above 2-26 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-27 on May 21, 1997. 2-28 ______________________________________ 3-1 Secretary of the Senate 3-2 ______________________________________ 3-3 Member, Texas Senate