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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Six participants in the Serve Sugar Land program, |
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| 6 | 7 | | Albon Wu, Laaiqa Muhammad, Unna Ramanathan, Gabriel Rodriguez, |
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| 7 | 8 | | Brenda Frye, and Ted Lieb, have been named 2020 Volunteers of the |
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| 8 | 9 | | Year; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Every year, Sugar Land city departments select |
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| 10 | 11 | | exceptional volunteers who help foster an atmosphere of community |
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| 11 | 12 | | and who enhance the delivery of city services through their |
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| 12 | 13 | | efforts; each award recipient works with the Serve Sugar Land |
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| 13 | 14 | | program, an initiative that provides residents with opportunities |
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| 14 | 15 | | to become involved in municipal government while giving back to the |
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| 15 | 16 | | community; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, This year's recognized volunteers collectively |
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| 17 | 18 | | contributed more than 800 hours of service to the city in 2020, for |
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| 18 | 19 | | the equivalent of over $24,000 in in-kind donations; their efforts |
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| 19 | 20 | | were all the more valuable throughout 2020, as the community coped |
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| 20 | 21 | | with the many challenges and hardships brought on by the COVID-19 |
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| 21 | 22 | | pandemic; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The six honorees are Albon Wu, who served Parks & |
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| 23 | 24 | | Recreation, Laaiqa Muhammad, who volunteered with Animal Services, |
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| 24 | 25 | | Unna Ramanathan, who helped staff the T. E. Harman Center, Gabriel |
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| 25 | 26 | | Rodriguez, who donated his time to Planning and Development |
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| 26 | 27 | | Services, Brenda Frye, who volunteered at the Municipal Court, and |
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| 27 | 28 | | Ted Lieb, who was a member of the Community Assistance Support Team; |
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| 28 | 29 | | and |
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| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and |
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| 30 | 31 | | talents to benefit their fellow residents make the world a better |
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| 31 | 32 | | place through their actions and their example, and these six |
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| 32 | 33 | | engaged citizens are indeed deserving of recognition for all that |
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| 33 | 34 | | they have accomplished in behalf of their community; now, |
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| 34 | 35 | | therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 36 | 37 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Albon Wu, Laaiqa Muhammad, Unna |
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| 37 | 38 | | Ramanathan, Gabriel Rodriguez, Brenda Frye, and Ted Lieb on being |
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| 38 | 39 | | named 2020 Volunteers of the Year by the City of Sugar Land and |
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| 39 | 40 | | extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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| 40 | 41 | | further |
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| 41 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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| 42 | 43 | | for the volunteers as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 43 | 44 | | House of Representatives. |
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