1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 22 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased 1-3 and proud to recognize Jane Bingham, National President of 1-4 the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 1-5 United States, and to welcome her to the Lone Star State; and 1-6 WHEREAS, A resident of Vermont, Mrs. Bingham was elected 1-7 to her present position in September, 1998, at the 85th National 1-8 Convention for the 1998-1999 year; the organization she 1-9 represents has 727,921 members; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Founded in 1914, the auxiliary is dedicated to 1-11 service to veterans and the community; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Using as her theme "Volunteerism--The Ultimate 1-13 Gift," Jane Bingham emphasized that during her term of office, 1-14 she will be encouraging members to raise $3 million for the 1-15 Auxiliary Cancer Aid and Research Fund for the 11th year in a 1-16 row; she wants to raise more money this year than ever before; 1-17 and 1-18 WHEREAS, Her group contributes millions of hours of 1-19 volunteer work yearly to our country's hospitals, to donating 1-20 goods and services to the homeless, and to providing scholarships 1-21 for students; and 1-22 WHEREAS, In preparation for her current role as president, 1-23 Jane Bingham has held five national offices; she was Junior Girls 1-24 Unit Director, Publicity Director, Cancer Aid and Research 2-1 Director, and National Chairman for the Eastern Conference on 2-2 the Legislative, Rehabilitation, and Publicity programs; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Mrs. Bingham is a Life Member of Addison County 2-4 Auxiliary Number 7823 and has represented her organization 2-5 on a European tour; and 2-6 WHEREAS, The mother of two sons who are Vietnam veterans and 2-7 one daughter, she recently retired from her work as Executive 2-8 Secretary to the Vice President of Administration for Middlebury 2-9 College, and she is the loving grandmother of 10 grandchildren; 2-10 now, therefore, be it 2-11 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-12 76th Legislature, hereby congratulate Jane Bingham on her 2-13 selection as the new National President of the Ladies Auxiliary 2-14 to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and hope 2-15 that her visit to the State of Texas is an enjoyable one; and, 2-16 be it further 2-17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-18 her as an expression of the highest esteem of the Texas Senate. 2-19 Barrientos 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 President of the Senate 2-22 I hereby certify that the above 2-23 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-24 on January 18, 1999. 2-25 ______________________________________ 2-26 Secretary of the Senate 2-27 ______________________________________ 2-28 Member, Texas Senate