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H.R. No. 796
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Proyecto Azteca of San Juan, Texas, has been
selected as one of eight organizations to be honored by Families
Count: The National Honors Program; and
WHEREAS, Families Count recognizes exemplary work in support
of families in low-income communities, and the men and women
affiliated with Proyecto Azteca have demonstrated a commitment to
improving the lives of low-income colonia residents and migrant
families in the Rio Grande Valley by providing access to affordable
housing, education programs, citizenship classes, and loan
programs for starting or expanding businesses; and
WHEREAS, Proyecto Azteca was created by members and staff of
the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, with the assistance of
Texas Rural Legal Aid and the Texas Low-Income Housing Information
Service, to provide viable, affordable housing to low-income
residents of the Rio Grande Valley; and
WHEREAS, Since the establishment of Proyecto Azteca in 1991,
its staff and volunteers have worked alongside the members of the
United Farm Workers to strengthen communities and build hope for a
brighter future for children and their families; and
WHEREAS, Each of the eight organizations selected as a
Families Count honoree receives a $500,000 unrestricted award that
is paid over three years; the award is presented through the Annie
E. Casey Foundation, which sponsors this commendable program; and
WHEREAS, By embracing the idea that children do well when
their families do well, Proyecto Azteca and the other organizations
that have been honored are changing the future by changing the
present, and all those associated with these efforts are deserving
of praise; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the leaders, staff, and volunteers
of Proyecto Azteca on their receipt of this exceptional honor and
commend them for their outstanding service to colonia residents and
migrant families in the Rio Grande Valley; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for those individuals who have contributed to the success
of Proyecto Azteca as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Wise
Pena
Craddick Giddings Merritt
Allen Goodman Miller
Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Baxter Grusendorf Morrison
Berman Guillen Mowery
Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat
Bonnen Haggerty Nixon
Branch Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira
Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo
Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton
Callegari Hartnett Pena
Campbell Heflin Phillips
Canales Hegar Pickett
Capelo Hilderbran Pitts
Casteel Hill Puente
Castro Hochberg Quintanilla
Chavez Hodge Raymond
Chisum Homer Reyna
Christian Hope Riddle
Coleman Hopson Ritter
Cook of Navarro Howard Rodriguez
Cook of Colorado Hughes Rose
Corte Hunter Seaman
Crabb Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Crownover Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solis
Dawson Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Keel Stick
Denny Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Talton
Driver King Taylor
Dukes Kolkhorst Telford
Dunnam Krusee Thompson
Dutton Kuempel Truitt
Edwards Laney Turner
Eiland Laubenberg Uresti
Eissler Lewis Van Arsdale
Elkins Luna Villarreal
Ellis Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
Geren Mercer
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 796 was adopted by the House on April
25, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House