82R12235 MGR-D
By: Frullo H.C.R. No. 112
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Sarah Jo Lambert was recognized with a 2011 Woman of
Excellence award from the YWCA of Lubbock for her achievements in
the field of youth leadership; and
WHEREAS, An annual project that has honored 185 individuals
since 1989, the YWCA Women of Excellence awards are given to women
leaders whose contributions to business, industry, and area
associations are crucial to the success of those organizations and
the Lubbock community; the awards program is in keeping with the
YWCA's goal to empower women and their families and to establish
strong role models for the next generation of South Plains women;
and
WHEREAS, Sarah Jo Lambert is a senior at Lubbock High School
who decided in 2007 to fulfill Girl Scout award requirements by
completing a project that would also teach children about
conservation; two years of hard work, fund-raising, and
collaboration followed, and her creation, an environmental center
at the Rio Blanco Girl Scout camp in Crosbyton, opened in 2009;
named the Lorax Lodge for her favorite Dr. Seuss book, the
800-square-foot center is carbon-neutral and made completely from
earth-friendly and recycled materials, and a nature trail and
curriculum guide complement its message of sustainability; Ms.
Lambert raised more than $235,000 in contributions and in-kind
donations to build the center and enlisted the help of more than
2,200 volunteers, including Texas Tech University students, two
structural engineers, and a landscape architect; and
WHEREAS, The Lorax Lodge has been selected as a model for
sustainable construction to be used by students in the Texas
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math program at Texas Tech,
and Ms. Lambert has been recognized with many honors for her
achievements, including the President's Environmental Youth Award,
the Texas Environmental Excellence Award, the Girl Scouts of
America Gold Award, and the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes; in
addition, she was named to the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Class
of 2011; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Lambert's interests also extend to other
important areas of concern; she helped to initiate a campaign
adopted by numerous Girl Scout troops in which dolls were made and
sent to children in Iraq as a symbol of international friendship,
and seeking to encourage physical fitness among local elementary
school children, she solicited donations used to purchase
volleyball equipment for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lubbock;
moreover, she has volunteered for six years with Meals on Wheels;
and
WHEREAS, This remarkable young Texan is the social chair of
her school's University Interscholastic League speech and debate
team and the editor in chief of her school's yearbook, as well as a
regional delegate for the Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains
Council; she plans to study journalism and political science in
college and to one day work in environmental journalism; in all of
her endeavors, she is supported by her loving parents, Dr. Matthew
Lambert and Maureen Lambert, and her brother, Matthew Lambert, Jr.;
and
WHEREAS, Inspiring others with her notable accomplishments,
Sarah Jo Lambert stands at the forefront of those individuals who
are making a positive difference in their communities, and she is
indeed deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby congratulate Sarah Jo Lambert on her selection as a 2011 YWCA
of Lubbock Woman of Excellence and extend to her sincere best wishes
for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Lambert as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives and Senate.