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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sophia Marie Garman of Waco has deservedly been |
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named a 2015 Outstanding Youth Citizen, and this achievement indeed |
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merits special recognition; and |
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WHEREAS, Cosponsored by the Rotary Club of Waco and the Waco |
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Tribune-Herald, the Youth Citizenship Awards annually honor |
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McLennan County high school seniors who have set an inspiring |
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example of volunteerism in their communities; and |
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WHEREAS, A student at Rapoport Academy, Ms. Garman has |
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demonstrated a commitment to service by launching an Amnesty |
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International chapter at her school to help educate her peers about |
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human rights; she has also served as an intern for Baylor |
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University's Texas Hunger Initiative, for which she conducted |
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research on improving access to healthy foods for young people, and |
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she has contributed to the Art Center of Waco, the Waco Downtown |
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Farmers Market, and Caritas of Waco; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Garman has further distinguished herself on |
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campus as a member of the National Honor Society, the For |
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Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics |
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team, and the art club, and she placed first at the Central Texas |
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Science and Engineering Fair and fourth in the ready writing |
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competition at the University Interscholastic League academics |
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meet; and |
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WHEREAS, Those individuals who give generously of their time |
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and talents strengthen the communities in which they live, and it is |
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a pleasure to recognize Sophia Marie Garman for her work in behalf |
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of the greater good; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Sophia Marie Garman on her |
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selection as a 2015 Outstanding Youth Citizen and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for 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 Ms. Garman as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |