H.R. No. 765


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Students of the National Wildlife Federation's Earth Tomorrow Program are visiting the State Capitol on March 21, 2005, and this occasion provides a fitting opportunity to recognize a truly outstanding group; and WHEREAS, Aiming to improve environmental literacy and leadership skills of underserved inner city youth, this innovative program encourages high school students to understand the natural world and its implications in their everyday lives; and WHEREAS, Earth Tomorrow incorporates specialized curriculum, field trips, guest speakers, and a residential summer institute to teach students about their local environment and the positive impact they can have in their communities; participants discover their local watershed and learn how their actions can affect this important ecological element and ultimately the health of the Galveston Bay; and WHEREAS, By developing and implementing environmental action projects that foster coalition building within their communities, members learn leadership skills and are exposed to practical steps leading to an understanding of environmental careers and career paths in general; and WHEREAS, Students from the Houston Independent School District's Madison, Worthing, Jack Yates, and Cesar Chavez High Schools are participating in the Earth Tomorrow Program, and their commitment to such a worthy endeavor is indeed commendable; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby welcome the students of the Earth Tomorrow Program to the State Capitol and extend to them sincere best wishes for a memorable visit. Noriega Craddick Geren Menendez Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso Anderson Goolsby Morrison Bailey Griggs Mowery Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat Berman Guillen Nixon Blake Haggerty Noriega Bohac Hamilton Oliveira Bonnen Hamric Olivo Branch Hardcastle Orr Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton Burnam Hegar Pena Callegari Herrero Phillips Campbell Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla Chisum Homer Raymond Coleman Hope Reyna Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter Corte Hughes Rodriguez Crabb Hunter Rose Crownover Hupp Seaman Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis Denny Keel Solomons Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 765 was adopted by the House on March 21, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House