TITLE: Recognizing The 100 Club for its support of first responders.

SUMMARY: Recognizing The 100 Club for its support of first responders.

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WHEREAS, The 100 Club, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is celebrating its 62nd continuous year of service to law enforcement and firefighting agencies; and WHEREAS, The 100 Club is a 30,600-member nonprofit organization whose services primarily involve providing benefits to the dependents of officers and firefighters killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty; and WHEREAS, The organization provides this support to law enforcement officers and firefighters in 31 counties in southeast Texas and also to Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department commissioned officers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice institutional personnel, and agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission who are killed in the line of duty anywhere in the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, In addition to providing line-of-duty death benefits, The 100 Club has for over 30 years had a proactive program of providing life-protecting equipment for law enforcement agencies in its primary coverage area in hopes of preventing the loss of an officer's life; and WHEREAS, The 100 Club also has an educational mission, and it has awarded numerous scholarships to law enforcement officers studying at three state-supported universities; more than 700 degrees have been awarded to participants in the club's educational programs; and WHEREAS, Since its inception, The 100 Club has given over $42.7 million in support of its mission; this fine organization istrulyworthyofcommendationforitsongoingeffortsonbehalf of those who risk their lives to serve the public; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th Legislature, hereby acknowledge the selfless and dedicated efforts of The 100 Club in its support of law enforcement personnel and firefighters, especially the support given to the dependents of those heroes who lost their lives in the line of duty; and, be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared to commemorate the outstanding work of The 100 Club. Nichols, Creighton, Kolkorst Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate President of the Senate I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on March 11, 2015.