TITLE: Commending the students of Steiner Ranch Elementary School in Austin for their efforts in behalf of the 2011 Students Helping Students, Pay It Forward project.

SUMMARY: Commending the students of Steiner Ranch Elementary School in Austin for their efforts in behalf of the 2011 Students Helping Students, Pay It Forward project.

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WHEREAS, The students of Steiner Ranch Elementary School in Austin raised more than $12,500 for their fellow students in Bolivia as part of the school's 2011 Students Helping Students, Pay It Forward project; and WHEREAS, Donations for this worthy endeavor came from individual students, many of whom contributed money they had received for their birthdays or other occasions, as well as from community-wide efforts, including sales of baked goods, lemonade, and snow cones; among the other fund-raisers were a movie night benefit and a student birthday party in which guests were encouraged to donate to the project in lieu of gifts; and WHEREAS, The money collected will go to help schoolchildren in Marquina, a poor village near the city of Cochabamba; the 110 students there have no desks and few books, and they also lack clean water and medical care; the efforts of the kindergarten through fifth-grade classes at Steiner Ranch Elementary will help to provide the deserving Bolivian boys and girls with a new school building, a medical clinic, and a clean water source, as well as books and toys; and WHEREAS, The young Texans attending Steiner Ranch Elementary have distinguished themselves through their generosity and dedication, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for their commitment to the greater good; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby commend the students of Steiner Ranch Elementary School for their outstanding efforts in behalf of the 2011 Students Helping Students, Pay It Forward project and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Howard of Travis Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1371 was adopted by the House on April 28, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House