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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Katie Bridges of Marble Falls has made a positive |
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difference in her community with the creation of the Operation |
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Cover a Friend initiative; and |
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WHEREAS, Having lost her father to cancer in 2008, Katie |
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Bridges decided to organize a service project that would bring |
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cheer and comfort to those undergoing treatment for various |
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cancers; with the assistance of her community, she arranged to |
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provide blankets to keep patients warm while they received |
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chemotherapy and also assembled care packages for them as an |
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additional token of care and support; and |
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WHEREAS, The initiative has been sponsored by the Marble |
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Falls FFA, and Ms. Bridges has received assistance from her fellow |
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Marble Falls High School students, the Hill Country Interfaith |
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Quilters, and the Highland Lakes Service League; together, |
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participants have contributed or pledged enough materials to |
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comfort more than 50 patients at the Cancer Care Center of South |
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Texas in Marble Falls; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Bridges is also an exceptional sharpshooter who |
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has qualified for the USA Shooting National Junior Olympic |
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Championships; in all of her endeavors, she has enjoyed the love and |
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support of her mother, Rhonda Bridges; and |
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WHEREAS, This caring young woman's selfless efforts in behalf |
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of those fighting cancer have benefited numerous Texans, and the |
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leadership and dedication she has demonstrated are an inspiration |
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to all who know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Katie Bridges for creating the Operation |
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Cover a Friend initiative and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success in her important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Bridges as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Hilderbran |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 109 was adopted by the House on |
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February 24, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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