TITLE: Honoring the Shriners of North America and International House of Pancakes for their charitable support of children on National Pancake Day.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Shriners of North America and International House of Pancakes for their charitable support of children on National Pancake Day.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, National Pancake Day has become an important method by which to raise funds for Shriners Hospitals for Children, and the Shriners of North America and International House of Pancakes are joining together to celebrate that special event on March 1, 2011; and WHEREAS, Shriners of North America is an international fraternity based on the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth; the organization supports Shriners Hospitals for Children, a unique international health care system of hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research, and outstanding teaching programs; the hospitals provide exceptional service at no charge to children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate; and WHEREAS, In support of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, International House of Pancakes is offering guests a free short stack of pancakes on March 1 and inviting diners to make a donation to the hospitals; and WHEREAS, An opportunity to help children by eating pancakes is a win-win situation for all concerned, and it is fitting that the Shriners of North America and International House of Pancakes be recognized for their compassionate efforts; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby commend the Shriners of North America and International House of Pancakes for their commitment to helping the most vulnerable among us and extend to all those involved sincere best wishes for a successful National Pancake Day. Miller of Erath Berman Miller of Comal Chisum Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 646 was adopted by the House on February 28, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House