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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 365
 1-3           WHEREAS, Members of the Senior Service Corps are active
 1-4     senior volunteers who have a wealth of experience, skills, talents,
 1-5     interests, and creativity that are invaluable resources in building
 1-6     a network of individuals who are "fixin'" Texas; and
 1-7           WHEREAS, Our state's most precious and only natural growing
 1-8     resource is the collective experience and ability of our older
 1-9     citizens; and
1-10           WHEREAS, The Texas Senate is proud to recognize the
1-11     volunteers from the Retired and Senior Volunteer Programs, the
1-12     Foster Grandparent Programs, and the Senior Companion Programs in
1-13     Texas, the three programs that comprise the Senior Service Corps;
1-14     and
1-15           WHEREAS, These programs have mobilized older Texans to
1-16     provide positive solutions to community challenges in education,
1-17     public safety, health and human services, and the environment; and
1-18           WHEREAS, Some 35,000 senior volunteers donated 7,069,163
1-19     hours of service and served 1,813,527 people in Texas in 1998; now,
1-20     therefore, be it
1-21           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
1-22     76th Legislature, hereby express its deepest gratitude to the
1-23     volunteers of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Programs, the Foster
1-24     Grandparent Programs, and the Senior Companion Programs in Texas
 2-1     who devote their time, energy, and skills to "fixin'" Texas; and, be
 2-2     it further
 2-3           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the
 2-4     Senior Service Corps as an expression of highest esteem from the
 2-5     Texas Senate.
 2-6                                                    Truan
 2-7           Armbrister           Gallegos            Nixon
 2-8           Barrientos           Harris              Ogden
 2-9           Bernsen              Haywood             Ratliff
2-10           Bivins               Jackson             Shapiro
2-11           Brown                Lindsay             Shapleigh
2-12           Cain                 Lucio               Sibley
2-13           Carona               Luna                Wentworth
2-14           Duncan               Madla               West
2-15           Ellis                Moncrief            Whitmire
2-16           Fraser               Nelson              Zaffirini
2-17                       Perry, President of the Senate
2-18                                  ______________________________________
2-19                                          President of the Senate
2-20                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-21                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-22                                  on March 9, 1999.
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2-24                                          Secretary of the Senate
2-25                                  ______________________________________
2-26                                            Dean of the Senate