Bill Text: TX HR106 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the Dallas Summer Meals Kickoff Event.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-21 - Reported enrolled [HR106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR106-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 106 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The annual Dallas County free summer meals program | ||
| is being launched with a kickoff event on June 21, 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, More than one in four Texas children struggle with | ||
| hunger, including over 165,000 children in Dallas County alone; as | ||
| many families rely on school lunch and breakfast programs, the | ||
| summer months may be a time of anxiety and uncertainty because of | ||
| the strain they place on already tight food budgets; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Agriculture established the | ||
| Summer Food Service Program to ensure that low-income youth have | ||
| access to nutritious meals even while school is out of session; in | ||
| the summer of 2012, approximately 36,000 young people received a | ||
| meal each day from one of the nearly 1,700 designated sites across | ||
| Dallas County; many of these summer meal sites additionally provide | ||
| fun learning and recreational activities, allowing children and | ||
| teens to enjoy a free, healthy meal while staying active and | ||
| spending time with friends; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An adequate, balanced diet is crucial to a child's | ||
| physical and emotional development and can thus profoundly impact | ||
| his or her well-being in later life; by addressing a need of | ||
| critical importance, the summer meals initiative is providing an | ||
| essential service to many area Texans, and it is a privilege to join | ||
| in marking the commencement of the 2013 program; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the Dallas | ||
| Summer Meals Kickoff Event and extend to all those involved in the | ||
| summer meals program sincere best wishes for continued success with | ||
| their important work. | ||
| Alonzo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 106 was adopted by the House on June | ||
| 20, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
