H.R. No. 1512
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Since opening in 1991, the South Texas Blood &
Tissue Center National Marrow Donor Program has continually set
records for registering potential donors, and in its 17th year of
service, it registered a record 16,635 donors; and
WHEREAS, The program has also played an increasingly critical
role in matching donors and recipients, resulting in some 479
marrow and peripheral stem cell transplants, and it has further
distinguished itself through its registry of Hispanic donors, one
of the largest of its kind in the United States; and
WHEREAS, In 2008, STBTC celebrated a major achievement, when
the National Marrow Donor Program designated it an official
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection Center; after stem cells are
collected and processed at STBTC, they are hand delivered by staff
to hospitals across the globe for transplantation in matching
patients; and
WHEREAS, A source of hope and renewed health for countless
people, the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center National Marrow Donor
Program serves patients throughout the United States and beyond,
and its significant lifesaving efforts are indeed worthy of special
recognition; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby honor the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
National Marrow Donor Program on its record-setting donor registry
and extend sincere best wishes for continued success to all those
associated with this vital organization; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center National Marrow
Donor Program as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of
Representatives.
Castro
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1512 was adopted by the House on April
30, 2009, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House