TITLE: Recognizing February 18, 2015, as United Way Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 18, 2015, as United Way Day at the State Capitol.

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WHEREAS, For more than 125 years, the United Way system has been raising funds to share with local relief agencies in a cooperative effort to improve the well-being of community residents, and the 2015 anniversary of the founding of this organization provides a welcome opportunity to honor its achievements; and WHEREAS, Since 1887, United Way has partnered with businesses around the country to increase public awareness and to assist with a host of pressing community needs, including education, income, health, 2-1-1 information and referral, and other topics; and WHEREAS, United Way annually mobilizes thousands of volunteers, and its offices have collectively reinvested hundreds of millions of dollars in charitable donations back into the local communities they serve; and WHEREAS, Home to 88 United Way affiliates, the Lone Star State has greatly benefited from the spirit of charity and volunteerism demonstrated by those involved with the operation; and WHEREAS, United Ways are helping to strengthen communities across the state and the nation, and it is indeed a pleasure to join in honoring the significant contributions the organization has made to the greater good; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 18, 2015, as United Way Day at the State Capitol and express sincere appreciation to the United Way staff, volunteers, donors, and supporters for their important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the United Ways of Texas as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Naishtat Straus Guerra Otto Allen Guillen Paddie Alonzo Gutierrez Parker Alvarado Harless Paul Anchia Hernandez Pe a Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips Ashby Huberty Pickett Aycock Hughes Price Bell Hunter Raney Blanco Isaac Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr. Button King of Parker Rose Canales King of Taylor Sanford Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer Clardy Klick Schofield Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Dale Laubenberg Smith Darby Leach Smithee Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer Davis of Harris Lozano Springer Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson Dukes M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez Turner of Collin Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles VanDeaver Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White of Bell Galindo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 196 was adopted by the House on February 18, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House