TITLE: Recognizing April 7, 2025, as Jack and Jill of America Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing April 7, 2025, as Jack and Jill of America Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The celebration of Jack and Jill of America Day at the State Capitol on April 7, 2025, offers a welcome opportunity to honor the organization's South Central Region; and WHEREAS, Jack and Jill of America was founded in 1938 in an effort to cultivate future generations of African American leaders by providing youth between the ages of 2 and 19 with opportunities related to leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving, and civic duty; the organization is composed of children and adult family members, and its programming includes service projects, lobbying, educational development, and the coordination of community and charitable events; today, it works with more than 50,000 members in 271 chapters nationwide; and WHEREAS, The Houston and New Orleans, Louisiana, chapters of Jack and Jill of America were chartered in 1952; the groups came together five years later to form the organization's South Central Region, which currently encompasses 38 chapters across Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana; the region serves 2,116 mothers and 1,827 fathers, as well as 1,360 associates and life members, and its programs are attended by 1,996 children and 2,011 teenagers; and WHEREAS, The South Central Region of Jack and Jill of America has helped shape generations of leaders in the Lone Star State and beyond, and the organization's invaluable contributions are indeed worthy of recognition on this special occasion; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby recognize April 7, 2025, as Jack and Jill of America Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those affiliated with the organization's South Central Region sincere best wishes for continued success. Reynolds Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw Alders Guillen Morgan Allen Harless Mu oz Anch a Harris Noble Ashby Harris Davila Olcott Barry Harrison Oliverson Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr Bernal Hernandez Patterson Bhojani Hickland Paul Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso Bowers Holt Perez of Harris Bryant Hopper Phelan Buckley Howard Pierson Bucy Hull Plesa Bumgarner Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Cain Johnson Richardson Campos Jones of Dallas Rodr guez Ramos Canales Jones of Harris Romero Capriglione Kerwin Rose Cole King Rosenthal Collier Kitzman Schatzline Cook LaHood Schofield Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft Craddick Lambert Shaheen Cunningham Landgraf Shofner Curry Leach Simmons Darby Leo Wilson Slawson A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico Dorazio Louderback Tepper Dutton Lowe Thompson Dyson Lozano Tinderholt Fairly Lujan Toth Flores Luther Troxclair Frank Manuel Turner G mez Martinez VanDeaver Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell Gates Metcalf Vo Gerdes Meyer Walle Geren Meza Ward Johnson Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton Gonz lez of Dallas Moody Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 792 was adopted by the House on April 7, 2025, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House