TITLE: Congratulating Vivian Thompson on receiving a 2012 Sam Winstead Volunteer of the Year Award from the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Vivian Thompson on receiving a 2012 Sam Winstead Volunteer of the Year Award from the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Vivian Thompson of the Moorland branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas received a 2012 Sam Winstead Volunteer of the Year Award at the annual meeting of the association on April 11, 2013; and WHEREAS, This prestigious award is presented every year to a volunteer at each branch of the Dallas YMCA who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to a program or has helped further the goals of the YMCA in his or her community; and WHEREAS, When she was a child, Vivian Thompson attended the Moorland branch at its old location on Flora Street, and since 1996, she has been a member at the current location, where she is actively involved with Movie Night, Healthy Kids Day, the Back to School Bash, Cookies with Santa, and other programs; she is known with great affection by the branch's staff and volunteers as "Ms. Viv"; and WHEREAS, Through her exemplary service to the Moorland Family YMCA, Vivian Thompson has greatly benefited her community and demonstrated her support of the organization's goals of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Vivian Thompson on receiving a 2012 Sam Winstead Volunteer of the Year Award and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Thompson as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Davis of Dallas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2564 was adopted by the House on May 24, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House