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WHEREAS, In the past two years, nine-year-old Eleanor |
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Schoenbrun has raised more than $16,000 for the Animal Rescue |
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League of El Paso; and |
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WHEREAS, A fourth-grade student at Western Hills Elementary |
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School, Eleanor has been a dedicated advocate for homeless pets in |
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her area since she was two and began volunteering at the Animal |
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Rescue League, a no-kill shelter; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2011, Eleanor read in the El Paso Times that |
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19,000 pets are killed in the city every year, and she was moved to |
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take action; she organized a fund-raising campaign called "Pennies |
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Fur Pets" with the goal of collecting $2,500 by Make A Difference |
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Day, the last Saturday of October; she received permission to place |
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donation jars at several local businesses, and her aunt contributed |
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to the cause by opening an online donation account; moreover, she |
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recruited her classmates to help her make posters; on the final day |
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for fund-raising, she spent seven hours outside her local Starbucks |
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persuading people that every little bit helps, and at the close of |
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her deadline, she had collected just over $2,700; and |
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WHEREAS, Eleanor's story caught the attention of the Make A |
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Difference Day Award program, which honored her for her outstanding |
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efforts and presented her with $10,000 for her favorite charity; |
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she promptly gave the money to ARL and kicked off her next Pennies |
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Fur Pets campaign; for her ninth birthday party, she asked friends |
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to donate pet supplies in lieu of presents, and by Make A Difference |
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Day 2012, she had raised more than $3,300 for the shelter; and |
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WHEREAS, Eleanor has become a role model for her fellow |
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citizens; she recorded a public service announcement with the mayor |
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of El Paso encouraging other children to get involved in the |
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community because, as she likes to say, "Even the smallest person |
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can make a big difference"; in addition to volunteering at ARL, she |
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is active in Girl Scouts, participates in her school's canned food |
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drives, and competes on a local swim team; and |
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WHEREAS, With her enthusiasm, hard work, and determination, |
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Eleanor Schoenbrun has helped save and improve the lives of |
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hundreds of abandoned, abused, stray, and injured animals in her |
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community, and she is an inspiring example of how one person can |
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effect positive change in the world; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Eleanor Schoenbrun for her successful |
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Pennies Fur Pets campaigns and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Eleanor as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Moody |
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Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lavender |
Springer |
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J. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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S. Davis of Harris |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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Fallon |
Martinez Fischer |
Turner of Collin |
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Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 826 was adopted by the House on March |
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18, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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