Bill Text: TX SR524 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Goodwill Industries of Dallas on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-08 - Reported enrolled [SR524 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR524-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries of Dallas is celebrating its | ||
100th anniversary in 2023, providing a fitting opportunity to | ||
recognize the organization for its myriad contributions to the | ||
North Texas region; and | ||
WHEREAS, The inaugural Goodwill organization in Texas was | ||
established in 1923 in Dallas when a group of women from the | ||
Southern Methodist Church held a clothing drive as a fundraising | ||
project; the project became a successful operation, and it was | ||
later named Goodwill Industries of Dallas; executive director | ||
Gerald Clore envisioned the expansion of Goodwill across the Lone | ||
Star State, and the Goodwill Industries of San Antonio and | ||
Houston opened their doors in 1945; today, Goodwill encompasses | ||
more than 140 locations in Texas and is part of an international | ||
network; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Dallas Goodwill's donated goods program | ||
provides employment by offering work through the recycling and | ||
reselling of material donations in stores, while keeping | ||
millions of pounds of reusable items out of landfills; every | ||
dollar that is generated from its retail stores is invested back | ||
into creating employment opportunities for individuals with | ||
disabilities and disadvantaging conditions; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Dallas Goodwill's workforce development | ||
program provides assessments, education, coaching, and career | ||
placement for North Texans; moreover, the organization offers | ||
job training and employment for people from all walks of life, | ||
including the working poor and the underemployed, formerly | ||
incarcerated individuals who are reentering the workforce, and | ||
those who haven't earned a GED or the high school equivalency; | ||
Dallas Goodwill's day habilitation services utilizes an | ||
interactive classroom setting to support adults with | ||
developmental disabilities and to help them gain academic, | ||
living, social, and basic money management skills; and | ||
WHEREAS, For a century, Goodwill Industries of Dallas has | ||
played an important role in the North Texas community, changing | ||
lives through the power of meaningful work and equipping people | ||
with the tools they need to reach their full potential as engaged | ||
and productive members of society; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of | ||
Goodwill Industries of Dallas and extend to all those associated | ||
with the organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Goodwill Industries of Dallas as an expression of | ||
high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Johnson, Hall, Parker, West | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 8, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |