TITLE: Recognizing April 2, 2025, as Texas Food Bank Day.

SUMMARY: Recognizing April 2, 2025, as Texas Food Bank Day.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to recognize Feeding Texas and to join its members in celebrating Texas Food Bank Day at the State Capitol on April 2, 2025; and WHEREAS, Established in 1986, the Feeding Texas network consists of 20 food banks that collaborate with more than 3,000 community agencies to reduce hunger and improve health in all 254 Texas counties; and WHEREAS, Feeding Texas upholds its charitable mission through numerous public-private partnerships, including working with the Texas Department of Agriculture to administer the Texans Feeding Texans Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program; this highly successful initiative helps feed low-income families by offering incentives to growers to donate fresh produce, and it has resulted in the distribution of 500 million pounds of surplus produce across the state; and WHEREAS, Members of Feeding Texas also have teamed up with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to offer nutrition education and disease prevention services; through the partnership, the network has increased the efficiency and efficacy for existing clients and has provided application assistance with the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program; and WHEREAS, By leveraging their expertise and experience, network food banks are able to respond swiftly to families in times of crisis, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, they delivered more than two billion pounds of food to Texans in need; and WHEREAS, Feeding Texas is reducing hunger while contributing greatly to the health and well-being of the people of the Lone Star State, and all who help to advance its worthwhile efforts are truly deserving of recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th Legislature, hereby commend the staff and volunteers of Feeding Texas for working to end hunger and improve health for all Texans and extend best wishes to all for a memorable Texas Food Bank Day at the Capitol; and, be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the organization as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. Creighton Alvarado Hall Middleton Bettencourt Hancock Miles Birdwell Hinojosa of Hidalgo Nichols Blanco Hinojosa of Nueces Parker Campbell Huffman Paxton Cook Hughes Perry Eckhardt Johnson Schwertner Flores King Sparks Gutierrez Kolkhorst West Hagenbuch Men ndez Zaffirini Patrick, President of the Senate President of the Senate I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on April 2, 2025.