| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 569 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize the Crisis Center of Anderson and Cherokee Counties on |
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| 4 | 4 | | the occasion of its 30th anniversary gala and to honor the seven |
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| 5 | 5 | | founding members of the organization; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Established as the Service League of |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jacksonville, the Crisis Center of Anderson and Cherokee |
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| 8 | 8 | | Counties has its roots in a meeting held in 1989 by six women who |
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| 9 | 9 | | gathered to discuss the need to help victims of domestic |
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| 10 | 10 | | violence; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Margie Benge, Donna Williams, Debbie Shreve, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Louise Pierson, Cindy Moss, and Joyce Plunk initiated their |
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| 13 | 13 | | charitable mission by filling their car trunks with baskets of |
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| 14 | 14 | | clothing, baby supplies, and other vital resources; they found |
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| 15 | 15 | | women in need at local emergency rooms and the Jacksonville |
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| 16 | 16 | | Police Station, and they soon rented a space to serve as a |
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| 17 | 17 | | shelter; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Allie Faye Busby joined forces with the six |
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| 19 | 19 | | organizers as the center's first executive director and made |
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| 20 | 20 | | local history by writing the first protective order in Cherokee |
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| 21 | 21 | | County; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, The founders of the Crisis Center of Anderson and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Cherokee Counties established a safe space for vulnerable and |
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| 24 | 24 | | abused women that has since grown to serve around 1,000 |
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| 25 | 25 | | individuals every year in their community; they are being honored |
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| 26 | 26 | | for their invaluable service at the center's 30th anniversary |
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| 27 | 27 | | gala on April 25, 2019; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature, hereby commend the founders of the Crisis Center of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Anderson and Cherokee Counties for helping abused women in the |
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| 31 | 31 | | region and extend congratulations to all associated with the |
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| 32 | 32 | | center on 30 years of outstanding service; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 34 | 34 | | the center as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Nichols |
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| 36 | 36 | | ________________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | President of the Senate |
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| 38 | 38 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 39 | 39 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Senate on April 11, 2019. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | ________________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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