H.R. No. 1371
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The students of Steiner Ranch Elementary School in
Austin raised more than $12,500 for their fellow students in
Bolivia as part of the school's 2011 Students Helping Students, Pay
It Forward project; and
WHEREAS, Donations for this worthy endeavor came from
individual students, many of whom contributed money they had
received for their birthdays or other occasions, as well as from
community-wide efforts, including sales of baked goods, lemonade,
and snow cones; among the other fund-raisers were a movie night
benefit and a student birthday party in which guests were
encouraged to donate to the project in lieu of gifts; and
WHEREAS, The money collected will go to help schoolchildren
in Marquina, a poor village near the city of Cochabamba; the 110
students there have no desks and few books, and they also lack clean
water and medical care; the efforts of the kindergarten through
fifth-grade classes at Steiner Ranch Elementary will help to
provide the deserving Bolivian boys and girls with a new school
building, a medical clinic, and a clean water source, as well as
books and toys; and
WHEREAS, The young Texans attending Steiner Ranch Elementary
have distinguished themselves through their generosity and
dedication, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for their
commitment to the greater good; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby commend the students of Steiner Ranch Elementary
School for their outstanding efforts in behalf of the 2011 Students
Helping Students, Pay It Forward project and extend to them sincere
best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Howard of Travis
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1371 was adopted by the House on April
28, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House