TITLE: Congratulating the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program of Houston on its receipt of the 2011 Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

SUMMARY: Congratulating the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program of Houston on its receipt of the 2011 Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Fifth Ward Enrichment Program of Houston is receiving the Outstanding Community Leader Award at the scholarship banquet of the African American Legislative Summit in Austin on February 28, 2011; and WHEREAS, Presented by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the award recognizes the efforts of FWEP to empower at-risk inner-city males between the ages of 12 and 19 to become responsible and productive members of their families and their community; and WHEREAS, Founded in 1984, FWEP relies on an all-male staff to serve as site coordinators in six Fifth Ward schools, where they interact daily throughout the school year, as well as during a seven-week summer program, with approximately 250 youth; the staff serve as important role models and stress the value of education, self-restraint, and goal-setting; and WHEREAS, In addition to school-based projects, FWEP provides group counseling, life skills workshops, and one-on-one mentoring, all as part of a system of positive reinforcement to help participants direct their energy toward meaningful and constructive endeavors; FWEP youth also benefit from peer health educators and a Teen Enterprise Center, which develops entrepreneurial skills; moreover, the parent and family liaison coordinates and mentors the parents and guardians of participants; and WHEREAS, For more than 25 years, the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program has introduced countless young people to the values of discipline, self-esteem, and personal accountability, and it is truly deserving of special recognition for its holistic and effective approach to youth development; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program on its receipt of the 2011 Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus and extend to the program's staff sincere best wishes for continued success with their important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for FWEP as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Dutton 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. 631 was adopted by the House on February 28, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House