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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ginger Tonne has made a positive difference in the |
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lives of Richardson students as president of the Richardson |
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Independent School District Council of Parent-Teacher |
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Associations; and |
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WHEREAS, Organized in 1959, the council is made up of 56 local |
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PTA chapters, which award more than $50,000 in scholarships to |
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students and teachers each year; and |
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WHEREAS, In her role as head of the organization, Ms. Tonne is |
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responsible for directing many important PTA initiatives, |
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including the Used Book Fair, Teens in Leadership Training, |
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Emergency Medical Fund, RISD Clothes Closet, and Car Seat Safety |
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Project; in addition, she has helped to provide training for PTA |
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leadership and participated in the National PTA Reflections |
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Program; and |
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WHEREAS, She has further enriched area schools through her |
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support of the RISD College and Career Fair, RISD Council District |
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Play, high school symphony program, and all-district choir |
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performances; and |
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WHEREAS, Ginger Tonne has brought diligence, ingenuity, and |
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care to her work with the PTA, and the children of Richardson ISD |
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have truly benefited from her efforts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Ginger Tonne, president of the Richardson |
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Independent School District Council of Parent-Teacher |
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Associations, for her service to Richardson schools and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Tonne as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Kent |
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Button |
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Vaught |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1347 was adopted by the House on April |
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27, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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