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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Charities that work to lift children out of poverty |
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in our nation and around the world will benefit from the fifth |
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annual Red Nose Day USA, an observance scheduled for May 23, 2019; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Red Nose Day started in the United Kingdom, where |
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the fund-raising organization Comic Relief UK has raised more than £ |
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1 billion over the past three decades by bringing people together |
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for fun and laughter; and |
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WHEREAS, Red Nose Day USA began in 2015 as a program of Comic |
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Relief USA, an independent sister organization of the British |
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group; people across the nation are encouraged to do something |
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funny at home, school, or work to raise money for charity, and the |
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day will culminate in a star-studded, three-hour block of |
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prime-time programming on the NBC television network; to date, Red |
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Nose Day USA has raised nearly $150 million to provide educational |
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services to more than 960,000 children and care for 75,000 homeless |
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individuals, as well as more than 36 million meals for the hungry |
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and over 13 million essential medical services for children; and |
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WHEREAS, Walgreens has been the exclusive retailer of Red |
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Nose Day USA since its inception, selling more than 40 million Red |
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Noses since 2015, with the proceeds going to the Red Nose Day Fund; |
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other core partners include Comcast NBCUniversal, Mars Wrigley |
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Confectionery, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations that have benefited from |
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Red Nose Day include the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, charity: |
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water, the Children's Health Fund, Feeding America, Gavi, the |
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Vaccine Alliance, the Global Fund, LIFT, the National Council of La |
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Raza, the National Urban League, Oxfam America, Save the Children, |
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and United Way; and |
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WHEREAS, Bringing Americans of all ages and backgrounds |
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together in joy and laughter, this fun and festive event is helping |
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to create positive change in the world through the power of |
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entertainment; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize May 23, 2019, as Red Nose Day in Texas. |