84R7500 KSM-D
By: Lozano H.R. No. 506
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Ingleside High School Students Against Destructive
Decisions is an organization that strives to reduce drug, tobacco,
and alcohol use in schools and the community; and
WHEREAS, SADD works to encourage students from kindergarten
through high school to make smart choices, and it provides tools to
help students who face problems of drug use, underage drinking,
impaired driving, and other actions associated with destructive
decisions; and
WHEREAS, The Ingleside High School SADD group, which was
established in 2009, has engaged in a variety of projects over the
years to address such issues; members organized an annual Tobacco
Free Kids Day Silent March, with each year's theme focusing on a
different tobacco statistic, and they recently hosted a Celebration
Vocal March; one year the group planned a Drug Free Family Fun Day
that drew nearly 1,000 citizens; additionally, students arrange Red
Ribbon Week activities, and they have invited speakers to come to
their school and talk about the dangers of texting and driving; they
also held a Tobacco Free Walk to raise money for the American Cancer
Society; and
WHEREAS, The young Texans participating in the Ingleside High
School Students Against Destructive Decisions events have
distinguished themselves through their dedication to these worthy
endeavors, and they indeed deserve special recognition for their
commitment to the greater good; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Ingleside High School Students Against
Destructive Decisions and extend to all those associated with the
organization sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.