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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Carson Leslie Foundation is making a positive |
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| 6 | 7 | | impact through its efforts in behalf of children battling cancer; |
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| 7 | 8 | | and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, the foundation was established by Annette |
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| 9 | 10 | | Leslie just a few months following the untimely death of her |
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| 10 | 11 | | 17-year-old son, Carson; the organization is dedicated to raising |
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| 11 | 12 | | funds for pediatric cancer and enriching the lives of teenage |
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| 12 | 13 | | cancer patients; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society reports that cancer is |
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| 14 | 15 | | the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of |
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| 15 | 16 | | 15; one in every 285 Americans develops cancer before the age of 20, |
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| 16 | 17 | | and the incidence of invasive pediatric cancers has gone up 29 |
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| 17 | 18 | | percent in the past 20 years; some pediatric brain cancers are |
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| 18 | 19 | | terminal upon diagnosis, and no new protocols have been developed |
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| 19 | 20 | | in three decades; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Since its inception, the Carson Leslie Foundation |
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| 21 | 22 | | has sponsored a variety of fund-raising events; it secured a $3.2 |
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| 22 | 23 | | million partnership with the Cancer Prevention and Research |
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| 23 | 24 | | Institute of Texas, and grants from the Carson Leslie Awards for |
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| 24 | 25 | | Pediatric Brain Cancers are now supporting research at The |
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| 25 | 26 | | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Baylor College of |
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| 26 | 27 | | Medicine, and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, The medical community has long recognized the need |
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| 28 | 29 | | to expand research in pediatric brain cancer, and the Carson Leslie |
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| 29 | 30 | | Foundation is playing a vital role through its commitment to |
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| 30 | 31 | | increasing funding for these vital endeavors; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 32 | 33 | | Legislature hereby honor the Carson Leslie Foundation for raising |
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| 33 | 34 | | funds to combat pediatric cancer and extend to all those associated |
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| 34 | 35 | | with the organization sincere best wishes for continued success in |
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| 35 | 36 | | their important work; and, be it further |
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| 36 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 37 | 38 | | prepared for the foundation as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 38 | 39 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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