1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 148 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in 1-3 recognizing the Dallas County Dental Society Foundation on the 1-4 occasion of its Kickoff Event for National Children's Dental 1-5 Health Month, which is being held Monday, February 8, 1999; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The foundation will host Dallas schoolchildren on 1-7 their visit to The Science Place at Fair Park; the Kickoff Event 1-8 marks the first local recognition of National Children's Dental 1-9 Health Month, which has been sponsored annually by the American 1-10 Dental Association since 1948; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The Kickoff Event is part of a philanthropic effort 1-12 by the Dallas County Dental Society Foundation to provide hands-on 1-13 information to elementary schoolchildren in the Dallas Independent 1-14 School District; the entire program has been funded by the Baylor 1-15 Oral Health Foundation outside of the Baylor College of Dentistry; 1-16 and 1-17 WHEREAS, Currently, less than 10 percent of the children in 1-18 the Dallas Independent School District receive adequate oral 1-19 health care, and the foundation was established to promote 1-20 improved access to oral health care, education, and research; and 1-21 WHEREAS, The Kickoff Event for National Children's Dental 1-22 Health Month will provide an array of fun-filled activities; each 1-23 child will receive a gift bag of oral health aids, and the event 1-24 will be attended by sports personalities and cheerleaders to make 2-1 it a memorable day for the young people; now, therefore, be it 2-2 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-3 76th Legislature, hereby commend the Dallas County Dental 2-4 Society Foundation on its endeavor to better the health of 2-5 the area children and extend best wishes to all who participate 2-6 in the Kickoff Event for National Children's Dental Health Month; 2-7 and, be it further 2-8 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-9 foundation as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. 2-10 West 2-11 ______________________________________ 2-12 President of the Senate 2-13 I hereby certify that the above 2-14 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-15 on February 8, 1999. 2-16 ______________________________________ 2-17 Secretary of the Senate 2-18 ______________________________________ 2-19 Member, Texas Senate