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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Libby Campbell is the recipient of a 2021 West Texas |
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Women of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts of the Desert |
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Southwest; and |
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WHEREAS, The Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest connects |
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nearly 3,800 girls across West Texas and Southern New Mexico; the |
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council's Women of Distinction Award recognizes women whose |
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extraordinary contributions to their communities exemplify the |
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organization's mission of developing leaders of courage, |
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confidence, and strong character; and |
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WHEREAS, Libby Campbell currently serves as executive |
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director of the West Texas Food Bank; since joining the |
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organization as a volunteer a decade ago, she has dedicated herself |
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tirelessly to fighting hunger in West Texas and beyond; in 2012, she |
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assumed her current role as executive director and set about |
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completing the organization's highly successful $13.3 million |
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capital campaign, which funded the development of a new |
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headquarters and distribution center in Odessa and a new volunteer |
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and education center in Midland; under her leadership, the food |
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bank has expanded its operations to distribute more than six |
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million pounds of food through partnerships with more than 80 |
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agencies; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly respected in her field, Ms. Campbell is a |
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member of the Feeding America Policy Engagement and Advocacy |
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Committee and the Feeding Texas board; she has strongly advocated |
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for local food banks at the state and federal levels, and her |
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support for the Farm Bill earned her the 2019 Dick Goebel Public |
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Service Award; her other accolades include the Beacon Award for |
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Excellence in Organizational Leadership from the Nonprofit |
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Management Center, the Heritage Foundation Award for Humanities, |
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and the Salvation Army Unsung Hero Award; and |
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WHEREAS, With her receipt of a West Texas Women of |
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Distinction Award, Libby Campbell joins an elite group of civic |
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leaders who have been honored by the Girl Scouts of the Desert |
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Southwest, and she is indeed a worthy role model for this and future |
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generations; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby congratulate Libby Campbell on receiving a 2021 West Texas |
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Women of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts of the Desert |
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Southwest and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Campbell as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |