81R34187 JNC-D
By: Chavez H.R. No. 2415
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Stork's Nest program has helped many expectant
mothers in El Paso to deliver healthy, full-term babies; and
WHEREAS, Part of a national collaboration between Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, Inc., and the March of Dimes, Stork's Nest
encourages low-income pregnant women to get early, regular prenatal
care through earned incentives; and
WHEREAS, In El Paso, the program is administered in part by
the Eta Iota Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, which united
with the local chapter of the March of Dimes to create a Stork's
Nest Center; the facility opened on November 17, 2007, and today it
serves 235 young women, most of whom are between the ages of 13 and
19; and
WHEREAS, Participants earn points for abstaining from drugs
and alcohol, keeping regularly scheduled doctor appointments, and
attending prenatal classes offered at the center; points are
redeemable for such infant necessities as cribs, car seats, and
strollers; and
WHEREAS, The El Paso Stork's Nest program is providing an
invaluable public health service, and its efforts are truly worthy
of commendation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby honor the El Paso Stork's Nest for its work to
promote prenatal care and extend sincere best wishes for continued
success to all those associated with this worthwhile initiative;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the El Paso Stork's Nest as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.