H.R. No. 935
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Pioneer Day is being celebrated on April 29, 2003,
and this occasion provides a fitting opportunity to honor the SBC
Pioneers in Texas; and
WHEREAS, A group of more than 19,000 active and 18,000
retired employees who live and work throughout the Lone Star State,
the SBC Pioneers in Texas, along with their Pioneer Partners,
volunteer their time and talents to assist in education, social,
and environmental programs; and
WHEREAS, In 2002, through its Texas Pride and South Texas
chapters, the SBC Pioneers provided some 4.2 million hours of
volunteer time to Texas communities, a value of more than $64
million; and
WHEREAS, The SBC Pioneers can be found working with students
in classrooms, feeding the needy, building a playground, organizing
a beep-baseball game for the blind, caring for infants born with
AIDS, or comforting the sick and elderly in nursing homes; and
WHEREAS, Last year, the Pioneers refurbished more than 4,000
tape machines in the Talking Book Program and sewed some 4,000
stuffed teddy bears for Children in Crisis as well as 800 heart
pillows for hospitalized patients; Pioneers also have taught
thousands of children to correctly use 9-1-1, have conducted more
than 350 Junior Achievement classes, and have built 10 ramps for
disabled people in public parks; and
WHEREAS, In an effort to promote literacy, Pioneers have
provided personalized readers to kindergarten students; volunteers
have built a model tropical rainforest in a Corpus Christi
elementary school and created a model Internet Safety Training
Program in Austin; and
WHEREAS, Among their many other achievements are the
renovation and furnishing of a halfway house for women in San
Antonio, the development of an attendance program for elementary
students in West Texas, and the hosting of a Babies Day Program in
Dallas for disabled children and their parents; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize April 29, 2003, as Pioneer Day in
Texas and commend the SBC Pioneers for their tireless efforts in
promoting the spirit of volunteerism throughout Texas.
Hodge
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. 935 was adopted by the House on April
29, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House