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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Purple Songs Can Fly was recently awarded a $10,000 |
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Arts Create grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 2006 by executive director Anita Kruse, |
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Purple Songs Can Fly is a nonprofit Houston-based organization that |
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provides a musical outlet for children being treated for cancer and |
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blood disorders at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers; |
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in this unique program, the patients and their siblings work with |
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professional singer-songwriters in an in-hospital recording studio |
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to write and record their original songs; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the group's many initiatives are |
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collaborations with VoiceAmerica Kids Network and members of the |
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Houston Symphony; in addition, CDs of the children's songs have |
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been taken across the globe and into outer space, with destinations |
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including the summit of Mount Everest, the undersea site of the RMS |
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Titanic, a world tour with the Rolling Stones, and two space shuttle |
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missions; moreover, in 2015, the first Purple Songs Can Fly |
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musical, Journey To Hope, was created and performed by six |
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long-term survivors, and it is now an award-winning documentary; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, By inspiring children to express their innermost |
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thoughts and dreams through music, Purple Songs Can Fly has made a |
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positive impact on the lives of countless young Texans and their |
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families, and the funding provided by the Texas Commission on the |
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Arts will help the organization to continue their important work; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Purple Songs Can Fly on its receipt |
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of an Arts Create grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and |
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extend to all those involved with the group sincere best wishes for |
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the future. |