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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 480
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize the Coffee Memorial Blood Center in Amarillo, which is |
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now hosting grand opening festivities in honor of its new |
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facility; and |
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WHEREAS, The Coffee Memorial Blood Center is a nonprofit, |
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independent blood center serving 30 health care facilities in the |
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Texas and Oklahoma panhandles; and |
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WHEREAS, The center was chartered on December 23, 1949, as |
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the Potter County Memorial Blood Center; its first permanent site |
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was a facility built and furnished by the Golding-Meadows Post of |
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the Veterans of Foreign Wars on West Eighth Avenue; and |
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WHEREAS, The blood center quickly outgrew its building and |
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opened in a new facility on Highway 66 in June of 1960; the name |
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of the blood center was changed in 1965 to reflect its expanding |
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status and to honor the memory of a founding member's son, |
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Dr. James Robert Coffee, who died of leukemia in 1949; a larger |
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facility opened on Coulter Drive in 1985 and was expanded in |
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1994; and |
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WHEREAS, The Coffee Memorial Blood Center at 7500 Wallace |
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Boulevard opened in January of this year; in keeping with its |
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commitment to provide the safest possible blood products and |
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transfusion services to the High Plains region, the center has |
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improved its collection areas and has enlarged its laboratory |
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space, its areas for mobile staging, and its training and |
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conference rooms; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby commend the board of directors and staff |
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of the Coffee Memorial Blood Center for their excellent services |
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and extend to all best wishes for a memorable grand opening; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as a |
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memento of this special occasion from the Texas Senate. |
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Seliger |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 15, 2007. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |