TITLE: Honoring Wesley Community Center on the occasion of its annual banquet.

SUMMARY: Honoring Wesley Community Center on the occasion of its annual banquet.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Wesley Community Center in Robstown is hosting its annual banquet on April 25, 2013, and this event provides a fitting opportunity to recognize the organization for its contributions to the Coastal Bend community; and WHEREAS, Established in 1941 by the Women's Society of Christian Service of the First United Methodist Church, Wesley Community Center has offered a number of vital programs through the years, including kindergarten classes, assistance and training for disabled youth, parenting courses, and tutoring and peer mentoring services; and WHEREAS, The center currently provides child care for many low-income, homeless, and foster children with the support of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, the local United Way, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS, Under the leadership of executive director MaLinda Conway Faughn and board president Bonnie Berry, Wesley Community Center remains a positive force in South Texas, and its efforts continue to change countless lives for the better; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby honor Wesley Community Center on the occasion of its annual banquet and extend to all those associated with the organization 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 the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Herrero 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. 1499 was adopted by the House on April 15, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House