| |
| |
|
|
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
|
|
|
WHEREAS, Jennifer McGrew has been honored by the YWCA of |
|
|
Lubbock with a Women of Excellence Youth Leadership Award, and her |
|
|
selection for this tribute is most fitting; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The Women of Excellence Award was created in 1989 to |
|
|
emphasize the vital roles that women play in both the civic and |
|
|
professional worlds, honoring women for their achievements and for |
|
|
their contributions to the community as leaders and volunteers; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Ranked second in her senior class at Estacado High |
|
|
School, Jennifer McGrew has earned multiple top-student awards |
|
|
while participating in Lubbock Independent School District's |
|
|
medical magnet program, studying toward her long-term goal of |
|
|
becoming a neurosurgeon by taking classes in such courses as health |
|
|
science technology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology and by |
|
|
working as an unpaid intern; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Becoming a member of the Estacado Academic Decathlon |
|
|
team as a sophomore, Ms. McGrew placed second in interview among |
|
|
honors students in the UIL competition; at the regional level, she |
|
|
finished in the top three in art, language, math, science, |
|
|
economics, speech, super quiz, and interview; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Ms. McGrew has been drum major for Estacado's band |
|
|
for three years, and she plays the trumpet, saxophone, and flute; |
|
|
her love of music has led her to volunteer in the music department |
|
|
at elementary schools, where she nurtures the skills and interests |
|
|
of younger students; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Her extracurricular participation includes a number |
|
|
of leadership roles; she has served as National Honor Society |
|
|
treasurer, elected band representative, and Health Occupations |
|
|
Students of America class representative; her outstanding efforts |
|
|
led her to become one of 13 high school seniors in Lubbock County to |
|
|
receive the Good Citizens Award for outstanding qualities of |
|
|
dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism from the Nancy |
|
|
Anderson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Following the example of her mother, the late Robbie |
|
|
McGrew, Ms. McGrew places great importance on community service, |
|
|
volunteering as an Iles Elementary librarian aide, assisting with |
|
|
Nightmare on 19th Street, working for Habitat for Humanity, and |
|
|
helping to organize several blood drives; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, With her receipt of a Women of Excellence Award, |
|
|
Jennifer McGrew joins an elite group of women who have been honored |
|
|
by the YWCA of Lubbock; distinguished by her intelligence, |
|
|
determination, and talent, she is indeed a worthy role model for |
|
|
this and future generations; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
|
|
hereby congratulate Jennifer McGrew on receiving a 2009 Women of |
|
|
Excellence Award from the YWCA of Lubbock and extend to her sincere |
|
|
best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for Ms. McGrew as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
|
|
House of Representatives and Senate. |