R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, For 92 years the 4-H Youth Development Program of 1-2 the Texas Agricultural Extension Service has provided invaluable 1-3 experience-based education to youth across the Lone Star State; and 1-4 WHEREAS, This admirable program, which seeks to create a 1-5 learning experience that is stimulating and satisfying to all 1-6 aspects of a child's nature, also helps young Texans to acquire 1-7 knowledge, develop life skills, and form attitudes that will enable 1-8 them to become self-directed and productive members of society; and 1-9 WHEREAS, With over one million participants ranging in age 1-10 from eight to 19, the 4-H program boasts a membership that resides 1-11 in urban, suburban, and rural communities, hails from diverse 1-12 ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and is truly a representative 1-13 cross-section of the state; and 1-14 WHEREAS, The extraordinary success of the 4-H program owes 1-15 much to the service of its more than 55,000 volunteers, who have 1-16 given generously of their time, talents, energies, and resources to 1-17 benefit Texas youth; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Throughout its proud history, the 4-H program has 1-19 helped develop young Texans into role models by providing 1-20 activities that build character and instill strong values, and the 1-21 organization is indeed worthy of special legislative recognition at 1-22 this time; now, therefore, be it 1-23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 1-24 Legislature hereby recognize February 27, 2001, as 4-H Day in Texas 2-1 and encourage its observance in communities across the state. Turner of Harris Brown of Kaufman Christian Cook Farabee Geren Hardcastle Hawley Hope Hupp Jones of Lubbock Keffer Kolkhorst McReynolds Olivo Ramsay Ritter Swinford Turner of Coleman Walker Williams Laney Goodman Merritt Alexander Goolsby Miller Allen Gray Moreno of Harris Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso Bailey Grusendorf Morrison Berman Gutierrez Mowery Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat Bosse Hamric Najera Brimer Hardcastle Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira Burnam Heflin Olivo Callegari Hilbert Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Carter Hill Puente Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay Chisum Hochberg Rangel Christian Hodge Raymond Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas Cook Hopson Ritter Corte Howard Sadler Counts Hunter Salinas Crabb Hupp Seaman Craddick Isett Shields Crownover Janek Smith Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons Delisi Junell Swinford Denny Keel Talton Deshotel Keffer Telford Driver King of Parker Thompson Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery Dunnam Kitchen Truitt Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal Ellis Longoria Walker Farabee Luna West Farrar McCall Williams Flores McClendon Wilson Gallego McReynolds Wise Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth George Marchant Wolens Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley Giddings Maxey Yarbrough Glaze Menendez Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 367 was adopted by the House on February 27, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House