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78R13052 MW-F

By:  Hodge                                                        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.