H.R. No. 357
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Brazosport Cares Food Pantry is celebrating 30
years of vital assistance to the Brazosport area on September 16,
2017; and
WHEREAS, A group of local churches and concerned citizens
began organizing the Brazosport Cares Food Pantry in 1986, and the
inaugural board meeting took place on March 16 of the following
year; the pantry initially operated out of a facility in Clute,
where it saw 2,000 client interactions in its first year, and it
relocated to Freeport in 1996; the organization today serves a
number of communities, including Clute, Freeport, Jones Creek, Lake
Jackson, Oyster Creek, Quintana, Richwood, and Surfside, feeding an
average of 400 families each month; and
WHEREAS, Guided by its mission statement, "Feeding
Brazosport's hungry through food distribution, education,
collaboration, and advocacy," the food pantry has also established
and taken part in a number of outreach initiatives; it has provided
food to chronically hungry students in Freeport and Jones Creek
schools and to participants in the Brazosport College Jumpstart
Workforce program, and its Healthy Options Program for the Elderly
has helped improve the nutrition and well-being of local low-income
seniors; and
WHEREAS, With the worthy goal of alleviating hunger, the
Brazosport Cares Food Pantry makes immeasurable contributions to
area residents' quality of life, and it indeed merits special
recognition for its achievements and service; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the 30th
anniversary of the Brazosport Cares Food Pantry 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 food pantry as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Bonnen of Brazoria
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 357 was adopted by the House on August
15, 2017, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House