83R30303 JGH-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.R. No. 2564
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Vivian Thompson of the Moorland branch of the YMCA
of Metropolitan Dallas received a 2012 Sam Winstead Volunteer of
the Year Award at the annual meeting of the association on April 11,
2013; and
WHEREAS, This prestigious award is presented every year to a
volunteer at each branch of the Dallas YMCA who has demonstrated
exceptional commitment to a program or has helped further the goals
of the YMCA in his or her community; and
WHEREAS, When she was a child, Vivian Thompson attended the
Moorland branch at its old location on Flora Street, and since 1996,
she has been a member at the current location, where she is actively
involved with Movie Night, Healthy Kids Day, the Back to School
Bash, Cookies with Santa, and other programs; she is known with
great affection by the branch's staff and volunteers as "Ms. Viv";
and
WHEREAS, Through her exemplary service to the Moorland Family
YMCA, Vivian Thompson has greatly benefited her community and
demonstrated her support of the organization's goals of youth
development, healthy living, and social responsibility; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Vivian Thompson on receiving a 2012
Sam Winstead Volunteer of the Year Award 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. Thompson as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.