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      H.R. No. 776       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, Purple Songs Can Fly was recently awarded a $10,000   Arts Create grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts; and          WHEREAS, Founded in 2006 by executive director Anita Kruse,   Purple Songs Can Fly is a nonprofit Houston-based organization that   provides a musical outlet for children being treated for cancer and   blood disorders at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers;   in this unique program, the patients and their siblings work with   professional singer-songwriters in an in-hospital recording studio   to write and record their original songs; and          WHEREAS, Among the group's many initiatives are   collaborations with VoiceAmerica Kids Network and members of the   Houston Symphony; in addition, CDs of the children's songs have   been taken across the globe and into outer space, with destinations   including the summit of Mount Everest, the undersea site of the RMS   Titanic , a world tour with the Rolling Stones, and two space shuttle   missions; moreover, in 2015, the first Purple Songs Can Fly   musical, Journey To Hope , was created and performed by six   long-term survivors, and it is now an award-winning documentary;   and          WHEREAS, By inspiring children to express their innermost   thoughts and dreams through music, Purple Songs Can Fly has made a   positive impact on the lives of countless young Texans and their   families, and the funding provided by the Texas Commission on the   Arts will help the organization to continue their important work;   now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas   Legislature hereby congratulate Purple Songs Can Fly on its receipt   of an Arts Create grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and   extend to all those involved with the group sincere best wishes for   the future.     Johnson     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 776 was adopted by the House on April   17, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 7, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House