| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 586 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery celebrated its |
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| 3 | 3 | | 80th anniversary on April 15, 2015; and |
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| 4 | 4 | | WHEREAS, Since its opening in 1935, the refinery has played |
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| 5 | 5 | | a vital role in its community, where today it employs more than a |
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| 6 | 6 | | thousand people and generates an annual average of $345 million |
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| 7 | 7 | | in economic activity; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, CITGO has further benefited the city through its |
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| 9 | 9 | | dedication to corporate philanthropy; over the past decade, the |
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| 10 | 10 | | refinery and its employees have contributed more than $5.8 million |
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| 11 | 11 | | in behalf of 37 local charities through donations to the United Way |
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| 12 | 12 | | of the Coastal Bend, and in 2014, employees volunteered over 4,000 |
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| 13 | 13 | | hours with community organizations; moreover, in 2012, CITGO |
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| 14 | 14 | | launched the Hands for Hillcrest Grant Program, which supports |
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| 15 | 15 | | initiatives that foster education, job skills, health care, and the |
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| 16 | 16 | | environment in the Hillcrest community; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Strongly committed to promoting educational |
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| 18 | 18 | | opportunity in the region, the refinery has awarded more than 170 |
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| 19 | 19 | | scholarships to area students through the Corpus Christi |
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| 20 | 20 | | Caller-Times/CITGO South Texas Distinguished Scholars program, |
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| 21 | 21 | | and it has collaborated in establishing the First in Family |
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| 22 | 22 | | program, which presents scholarships to local students who are |
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| 23 | 23 | | the first in their family to graduate from high school; in |
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| 24 | 24 | | addition, the refinery partners with the Foy H. Moody High School |
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| 25 | 25 | | Innovation Academy to encourage students to pursue careers in the |
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| 26 | 26 | | fields of science, technology, engineering, and math; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the past eight decades, the CITGO |
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| 28 | 28 | | CorpusChristiRefineryhasmadeasubstantialcontributionto |
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| 29 | 29 | | the Texas economy while giving back to its community in myriad |
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| 30 | 30 | | ways, and this occasion presents a welcome opportunity to |
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| 31 | 31 | | recognize the role it plays in advancing the prosperity of Corpus |
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| 32 | 32 | | Christi and the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature, hereby commemorate the 80th anniversary of the CITGO |
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| 35 | 35 | | Corpus Christi Refinery and extend to all those associated with |
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| 36 | 36 | | the refinery sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 38 | 38 | | prepared for the CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery as an expression |
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| 39 | 39 | | of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Hinojosa |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 44 | 44 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate on April 20, 2015. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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