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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Operation Cookie program provides a taste of |
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home to American military personnel around the world, and from |
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January 19 to February 25, 2011, the Girl Scouts of Central Texas |
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are collecting boxes of donated cookies for servicemen and |
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servicewomen as part of their annual cookie sale; and |
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WHEREAS, The cookie fund-raiser has been an important part of |
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the Girl Scouts' business and economic literacy initiative every |
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year since December 1917, helping girls learn such life skills as |
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money management, teamwork, and public speaking; in 2010, 12,692 |
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Girl Scouts in Central Texas sold 2,109,912 boxes, raising more |
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than $5 million to support their activities; and |
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WHEREAS, For the past six years, Operation Cookie has been |
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part of the GSCTX cookie drive, as Girl Scouts send boxes of donated |
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cookies and letters of support to U.S. military men and women who |
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are serving at home or overseas, as well as to wounded veterans |
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recovering in military and veterans hospitals; GSCTX works with |
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Operation Interdependence and Soldiers' Angels to ship care |
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packages to troops overseas; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2010, Operation Cookie collected 43,501 boxes of |
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cookies, created 18,945 care packages, and sent 25,000 letters to |
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service personnel; cookies were distributed to such places as the |
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Brooke Army Medical Center, the VA hospitals in Waco and Temple, |
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Goodfellow Air Force Base, and Fort Hood, among many other |
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destinations; and |
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WHEREAS, The Girl Scout movement inspires young women to |
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become leaders and provides them with a solid foundation for future |
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achievement, and the Girl Scouts of Central Texas may take great |
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pride in their special efforts in behalf of the men and women of |
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America's armed forces; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the start of Operation Cookie 2011 |
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and commend all participants for their support of our brave troops |
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at home and abroad; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Girl Scouts of Central Texas as an expression of |
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high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Strama |
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| Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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| Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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| Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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| Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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| Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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| Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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| Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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| Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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| Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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| Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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| Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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| Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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| Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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| Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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| Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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| Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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| Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Flynn |
Martinez Fischer |
Walle |
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| Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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| Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 92 was adopted by the House on January |
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19, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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