SR352 - Recognizing April 2, 2025, as Texas Food Bank Day.

          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 352          WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to   recognize Feeding Texas and to join its members in celebrating   Texas Food Bank Day at the State Capitol on April 2, 2025; and          WHEREAS, Established in 1986, the Feeding Texas network   consists of 20 food banks that collaborate with more than 3,000   community agencies to reduce hunger and improve health in all 254   Texas counties; and          WHEREAS, Feeding Texas upholds its charitable mission   through numerous public-private partnerships, including working   with the Texas Department of Agriculture to administer the Texans   Feeding Texans Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program; this   highly successful initiative helps feed low-income families by   offering incentives to growers to donate fresh produce, and it   has resulted in the distribution of 500 million pounds of surplus   produce across the state; and          WHEREAS, Members of Feeding Texas also have teamed up with   the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to offer nutrition   education and disease prevention services; through the   partnership, the network has increased the efficiency and   efficacy for existing clients and has provided application   assistance with the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program;   and          WHEREAS, By leveraging their expertise and experience,   network food banks are able to respond swiftly to families in   times of crisis, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, they delivered   more than two billion pounds of food to Texans in need; and          WHEREAS, Feeding Texas is reducing hunger while   contributing greatly to the health and well-being of the people   of the Lone Star State, and all who help to advance its worthwhile   efforts are truly deserving of recognition; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th   Legislature, hereby commend the staff and volunteers of Feeding   Texas for working to end hunger and improve health for all Texans   and extend best wishes to all for a memorable Texas Food Bank Day   at the Capitol; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for   the organization as an expression of esteem from the Texas   Senate.     Creighton     Alvarado Hall Middleton   Bettencourt Hancock Miles   Birdwell Hinojosa of Hidalgo Nichols   Blanco Hinojosa of Nueces Parker   Campbell Huffman Paxton   Cook Hughes Perry   Eckhardt Johnson Schwertner   Flores King Sparks   Gutierrez Kolkhorst West   Hagenbuch Menéndez Zaffirini     Patrick, President of the Senate             ________________________________          President of the Senate               I hereby certify that the     above Resolution was adopted by     the Senate on April 2, 2025.             ________________________________          Secretary of the Senate             ________________________________           Member, Texas Senate