Bill Text: TX HR1545 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Austin Junior Forum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Reported enrolled [HR1545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1545-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1545 |
|
||
WHEREAS, Proud members of Austin Junior Forum are celebrating | ||
the organization's 50th anniversary in 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, One of nine Junior Forum chapters across the Lone | ||
Star State, Austin Junior Forum was founded by 18 young women on | ||
March 28, 1969, as a volunteer nonprofit service organization; | ||
today the group has approximately 170 members, including | ||
stay-at-home mothers as well as working women, business owners, and | ||
other professionals; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1978 AJF purchased the Daniel H. Caswell House, a | ||
beautiful Victorian home in Austin, which serves as the | ||
organization's headquarters; the group restored the home and opened | ||
it to the public in 1983 as a center for community service and a | ||
venue for weddings and events; in one of AJF's earliest | ||
fund-raising success stories, members published a best-selling | ||
cookbook called Lone Star Legacy and used the proceeds to pay off | ||
the Caswell House's mortgage in only three years; since its initial | ||
printing, the cookbook has sold more than 200,000 copies; and | ||
WHEREAS, Each year AJF members contribute 11,000 hours of | ||
volunteer work, and they undertake a number of community service | ||
and philanthropic endeavors; among them are the Teddy Bear Program, | ||
which provides stuffed animals to first responders to give to | ||
children in crisis situations, and the Caswell House Etiquette | ||
Class, which not only teaches children dining skills but also | ||
appropriate interpersonal skills to help them deal with difficult | ||
people and situations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Every holiday season, AJF also hosts its annual | ||
Christmas at the Caswell House event, which has raised over $1.3 | ||
million for charitable causes since 1983; local organizations | ||
supported by the initiative include Any Baby Can, AGE of Central | ||
Texas, the Central Texas Food Bank, Foster Angels of Central Texas, | ||
Hospice Austin, the Ronald McDonald House, and The Settlement Home | ||
for Children; and | ||
WHEREAS, For half a century, the women of Austin Junior Forum | ||
have contributed significantly to the quality of life in Austin and | ||
Central Texas, and they may indeed take pride in all that they have | ||
accomplished as they continue to serve their community; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Austin | ||
Junior Forum and extend to its members sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success in their important work; 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. | ||
Hinojosa | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1545 was adopted by the House on May | ||
17, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||