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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 673
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great
 1-4     pleasure in recognizing Adina Campbell, who won the 1999
 1-5     Governor's Volunteer Award; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, When she was quite young, Adina went with her
 1-7     mother to help with her volunteer job at the Red Cross in
 1-8     Germany; from this experience, Adina learned about the power
 1-9     of volunteerism; and
1-10           WHEREAS, At the end of her freshman year at the El Paso
1-11     Silva Magnet High School, Adina established the Silva Magnet
1-12     Octagon Junior Optimist Club and found 87 students who were
1-13     interested in serving their community; during the first year,
1-14     the members compiled 9,045 volunteer hours; and
1-15           WHEREAS, The school is located in a very poor area of
1-16     El Paso; Adina Campbell understood the lack of adequate medical
1-17     information and treatment and organized an Annual Health Fair in
1-18     five weeks; the Health Fair is in its third year; the health and
1-19     welfare of 350 families were improved, thereby improving the
1-20     lives of the citizens; and
1-21           WHEREAS, Adina has offered the services of the Octagon
1-22     Junior Optimist Club to about 20 projects per year; some of the
1-23     projects include helping to build a home through Habitat for
1-24     Humanity, peer tutoring, taking underprivileged teenagers to the
 2-1     theater, collecting clothes, toys, and food for the Child Crisis
 2-2     Center and Battered Women's Center, and visiting the elderly in
 2-3     nursing homes; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, With the students of the magnet school being
 2-5     extremely competitive, Adina decided that creating a better
 2-6     atmosphere would help the overall feeling in the school; she
 2-7     initiated the Random Acts of Kindness campaign for the Silva
 2-8     PTSA; people from all clubs reward students who are observed
 2-9     being considerate to others, and the program has had a ripple
2-10     effect on the community; and
2-11           WHEREAS, Noting the need among poorer students to prepare
2-12     to take the SATs and do well so that their futures can include
2-13     higher education, Adina convinced a college professor to donate
2-14     his time to prepare approximately 10 students a week for one
2-15     semester to take the SATs; the plan was successful; and
2-16           WHEREAS, Adina Campbell initiated a unique program in 1996
2-17     at the magnet school which is called Adopt a Freshman; when a
2-18     pupil comes to the magnet school, he leaves his friends from his
2-19     home school, and the program allows approximately 300 junior and
2-20     senior students to mentor the new freshmen; and
2-21           WHEREAS, When Adina visited the Andrews Nursing Home, she
2-22     felt that the institution should feel more like a home, so she
2-23     began Project Cozy; she solicited businesses and relatives for
2-24     funds and materials; with donations and volunteers, she and her
2-25     group put up wallpaper, painted, and decorated the nursing home's
2-26     common areas; the residents now find the atmosphere much more
 3-1     congenial; and
 3-2           WHEREAS, The value and happiness that Adina Campbell has
 3-3     brought to hundreds of people in her community, in El Paso, and
 3-4     in the State of Texas through her devotion to volunteer work is
 3-5     incalculable, and she is certainly deserving of legislative
 3-6     recognition; now, therefore, be it
 3-7           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 3-8     76th Legislature, hereby commend and applaud the generous
 3-9     volunteer work of Adina Campbell and congratulate her for
3-10     winning the 1999 Governor's Volunteer Award; and, be it further
3-11           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
3-12     her as an expression of the highest esteem and regard of the
3-13     Texas Senate.
3-14                                                               Shapleigh
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3-16                                          President of the Senate
3-17                                       I hereby certify that the above
3-18                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-19                                  on April 19, 1999.
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3-21                                          Secretary of the Senate
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3-23                                           Member, Texas Senate