Bill Text: TX HR106 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Alonzo | 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. |