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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., are gathering |
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at their 48th Middlesouth Regional Conference on April 4-7, 2013, |
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and this event provides an excellent occasion to recognize the |
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group for its notable achievements; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1932 at Freedmen's Hospital in |
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Washington, D.C., Chi Eta Phi is a national sorority of |
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professional registered nurses and nursing students that aims to |
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increase interest and develop leaders in the field; today, the |
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organization boasts more than 8,000 members, both male and female, |
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in over 90 graduate and 50 undergraduate chapters in 26 states, the |
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District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Liberia; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the many programs sponsored by Chi Eta Phi are |
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those designed to strengthen nursing student recruitment and |
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retention, disseminate new knowledge and best practices, and |
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promote health through preventative care; in addition to holding |
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its own National Hypertension Awareness and Screening Week, the |
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sorority partners with the National Eye Health Education Program |
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for its diabetes, glaucoma awareness, and low vision projects, with |
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the National Cancer Institute for its National Black Leadership |
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Initiative on Cancer, and with the Association of SIDS and Infant |
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Mortality Programs for its Back to Sleep campaign; the group also |
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works with a wide variety of other civic, professional, and |
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educational organizations to better advance its mission; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than eight decades, Chi Eta Phi sorority |
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has enriched the lives of its members and played a significant role |
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in improving the health and well-being of countless Texans; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., for its |
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outstanding contributions to the field of nursing and extend to all |
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its members sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the sorority as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Giddings |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 767 was adopted by the House on March |
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20, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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