| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, Members of the Bellaire MENS Club are celebrating |
|
|
the 10th anniversary of their organization's founding throughout |
|
|
2011; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Open to young men in their junior or senior year of |
|
|
high school, the Bellaire MENS Club was established as a |
|
|
philanthropic service organization on January 22, 2001; members of |
|
|
the nonprofit group have taken part in a wide variety of charitable |
|
|
activities to benefit residents of southwestern Houston; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Participants in the many initiatives of the BMC |
|
|
learn valuable business and organizational skills while assisting |
|
|
worthy causes; each year, the group donates more than 1,500 pounds |
|
|
of food to the Houston Food Bank, and its service projects include a |
|
|
car wash that collects donations of canned goods from customers; |
|
|
the annual BMC Battle of the Bands Charity Concert typically draws |
|
|
more than 1,000 students, family members, and citizens from all |
|
|
over Houston and has raised nearly $12,000 for such charities as |
|
|
Child Advocates, the Star of Hope Mission, and the Wounded Warrior |
|
|
Project; in addition, the BMC conducts an annual toy drive in behalf |
|
|
of the Gabriela Mistral Center for Early Childhood and has hosted a |
|
|
senior prom for the residents of the Seven Acres/Medallion |
|
|
retirement home, among other endeavors; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Over the past decade, thousands of members of the |
|
|
Bellaire MENS Club have gained an appreciation for the value of |
|
|
community service while making a positive impact in the lives of |
|
|
others, and it is indeed fitting to recognize the noteworthy |
|
|
contributions of this outstanding organization at this time; now, |
|
|
therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
|
|
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the 10th |
|
|
anniversary of the establishment of the Bellaire MENS Club and |
|
|
extend sincere best wishes for continued success to all those |
|
|
associated with the group; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for the Bellaire MENS Club as an expression of high regard |
|
|
by the Texas House of Representatives. |