TITLE: Honoring the members of the Texas Irish Cycling Team of the Dallas-Fort Worth area for their contributions.

SUMMARY: Honoring the members of the Texas Irish Cycling Team of the Dallas-Fort Worth area for their contributions.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Irish Cycling Team are visiting the State Capitol on April 3, 2013, and this occasion provides an ideal opportunity to recognize the organization for its contributions; and WHEREAS, In 2006, 22 friends from the Dallas-Fort Worth area joined together to form the Texas Irish Cycling Team in order to participate in a charity ride for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; the team and its commitment to community service continued to grow, and in 2012, the members established a not-for-profit corporation, the Texas Irish Foundation; and WHEREAS, This civic-minded organization is dedicated to supporting medical research and helping veterans, the homeless, and women and children in need; since its inception, the team has raised more than $400,000 for such charities as the Children's Medical Center of Dallas, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Toys for Tots, and the American Diabetes Association; and WHEREAS, In addition, members of the Texas Irish take an active role in philanthropic organizations and in the lives of some of the group's beneficiaries; they have focused particularly on raising awareness of domestic violence through their association with the Genesis Women's Shelter; moreover, they have created a program to provide recumbent bicycles to those affected with the neuromuscular condition Friedreich's ataxia; and WHEREAS, The members of the Texas Irish Cycling Team maintain a busy schedule of rallies, and while building fellowship and pursuing their love of a healthy sport, they work diligently to make a positive difference in the Metroplex and beyond; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby honor the members of the Texas Irish Cycling Team for their service and extend sincere best wishes for continued success in their noteworthy endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Villalba Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1170 was adopted by the House on April 3, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House