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R E S O L U T I O N
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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. |