H.R. No. 653



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Demonstrating what a community working together 
through a spirit of volunteerism can accomplish, the M. D. Anderson 
Family YMCA held its Playground Build Day on March 1, 2003; and
	WHEREAS, The M. D. Anderson Family YMCA has served Houston's 
Northside area for more than 50 years; it has provided residents 
with licensed child-care sites, a preschool, a teen camp, computer 
labs and classrooms, and summer outreach programs, and now brings 
to its community a safe place for families to gather and for 
children to play; and
	WHEREAS, Under the guidance of the playground-building 
nonprofit organization KaBOOM!, 200 volunteers from the M. D. 
Anderson Family YMCA, CNA insurance companies, and the local 
community assembled ridge climbers, several slides, and activity 
decks; other enhancements, including refurbished bleachers, were 
also made to create a more family- and child-friendly environment; 
and
	WHEREAS, This concerted volunteer effort will greatly 
benefit nearby Houston neighborhoods and contribute to an improved 
quality of life for area residents, further establishing the M. D. 
Anderson Family YMCA as a reliable resource and friend to the 
community; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby commend all those who participated in the M. D. 
Anderson Family YMCA's Playground Build Day for their productive 
day's work and extend to them sincere best wishes for success in all 
future endeavors.

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 653 was adopted by the House on May 2, 
2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House