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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The students of Steiner Ranch Elementary School in |
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Austin raised more than $12,500 for their fellow students in |
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Bolivia as part of the school's 2011 Students Helping Students, Pay |
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It Forward project; and |
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WHEREAS, Donations for this worthy endeavor came from |
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individual students, many of whom contributed money they had |
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received for their birthdays or other occasions, as well as from |
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community-wide efforts, including sales of baked goods, lemonade, |
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and snow cones; among the other fund-raisers were a movie night |
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benefit and a student birthday party in which guests were |
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encouraged to donate to the project in lieu of gifts; and |
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WHEREAS, The money collected will go to help schoolchildren |
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in Marquina, a poor village near the city of Cochabamba; the 110 |
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students there have no desks and few books, and they also lack clean |
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water and medical care; the efforts of the kindergarten through |
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fifth-grade classes at Steiner Ranch Elementary will help to |
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provide the deserving Bolivian boys and girls with a new school |
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building, a medical clinic, and a clean water source, as well as |
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books and toys; and |
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WHEREAS, The young Texans attending Steiner Ranch Elementary |
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have distinguished themselves through their generosity and |
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dedication, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for their |
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commitment to the greater good; 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 the students of Steiner Ranch Elementary |
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School for their outstanding efforts in behalf of the 2011 Students |
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Helping Students, Pay It Forward project and extend to them sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Howard of Travis |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1371 was adopted by the House on April |
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28, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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