84R5958 BPG-D
By: Pickett H.R. No. 299
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Paso del Norte Health Foundation is marking its 20th
anniversary on September 30, 2015; and
WHEREAS, In 1995, the foundation was established to promote
wellness among people in the Paso del Norte region, which includes
El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in Texas, Doña Ana, Luna, and Otero
Counties in New Mexico, and the City of Juarez in Mexico; its
primary focus is to assist the most vulnerable through health
education and disease prevention; and
WHEREAS, The foundation benefited from an initial investment
of $130 million from the sale of the not-for-profit Providence
Memorial Hospital; since the organization's inception, its
administrators have provided skillful stewardship of the
investment trust to ensure that the foundation can continue its
work in behalf of generations to come; and
WHEREAS, Maintaining more than $200 million in holdings, Paso
del Norte Health Foundation leverages its resources to improve
regional access to clean water, to diminish environmental hazards
from lead and pesticides, and to help achieve reductions in
regional smoking rates, sedentary lifestyles, obesity, and teenage
pregnancy; it also supports child abuse prevention, and it sponsors
a wide range of programs to advance early childhood development,
youth engagement, senior health, and public immunization; and
WHEREAS, This noteworthy organization shares with other
groups the knowledge gained through its research and analysis; both
in the United States and abroad, its initiatives have been
recognized as worthwhile models for community engagement and the
collaborative development of solutions to complex health issues;
and
WHEREAS, Through its leadership in promoting good health over
the past two decades, Paso del Norte Health Foundation has made a
lasting, positive difference in quality of life for the people of
the region, and its management and staff may reflect with pride on
the group's many accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby commemorate the 20th anniversary of Paso del
Norte Health Foundation and extend to all those associated with the
organization sincere best wishes for continued success in their
important work; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the foundation as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.