Bill Text: TX SR163 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing El Pasoans Fighting Hunger for its service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-22 - Reported enrolled [SR163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR163-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (EPFH), El Paso's only | ||
| food bank, has implemented a number of strategies in order to | ||
| continue addressing food insecurity in the midst of the COVID-19 | ||
| pandemic; and | ||
| WHEREAS, EPFH is a member of Feeding America, the nation's | ||
| largest hunger relief network; the food bank is the distribution | ||
| center for more than 130 partner agencies and 235 mobile pantries | ||
| across the borderland region, as well as a collaborative hub for | ||
| SNAP and other support services; it currently provides meals to | ||
| an estimated 200,000 people who are facing hunger, including | ||
| families, children, single parents, seniors, and military | ||
| veterans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 crisis, EPFH has been | ||
| required to adapt its methods of distributing food in order to | ||
| keep its volunteers, staff, and clients safe; the organization | ||
| created a task force that meets regularly to discuss health and | ||
| safety measures, while it works to keep pace with the demand for | ||
| nutritious food in its three-county service area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, To reduce person-to-person contact at its | ||
| distribution sites, EPFH began creating approximately 8,000 | ||
| family meal boxes each week, and it has also provided partner | ||
| agencies with the means of creating meal boxes of their own; EPFH | ||
| has collaborated with El Paso County and the City of El Paso to | ||
| prepare and deliver food boxes to residents of local senior | ||
| centers, and it has also supplied emergency food boxes to | ||
| individuals in quarantine due to a COVID-19 diagnosis; to further | ||
| improve safety, EPFH has transitioned to a drive-through model at | ||
| its locations, and in partnership with the City of El Paso, it has | ||
| opened new sites to expand access to clients in the northeastern | ||
| and western areas of the city; and | ||
| WHEREAS, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger has served as a | ||
| critical lifeline to countless area Texans who have found | ||
| themselves in need of assistance in these unprecedented times, | ||
| and the tireless dedication demonstrated by its compassionate | ||
| volunteers and staff is truly an inspiration; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend El Pasoans Fighting Hunger for its | ||
| continuing service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| and extend to all those associated with the organization sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for El Pasoans Fighting Hunger as an expression of high | ||
| regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Blanco | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 22, 2021. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
