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TX HR776
Resolution
Status
4/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ann Johnson
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AI Summary
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Purple Songs Can Fly received a $10,000 Arts Create grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts
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The Houston-based nonprofit, founded in 2006 by Anita Kruse, provides children being treated for cancer and blood disorders at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers the opportunity to write and record original songs with professional singer-songwriters in an in-hospital studio
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The organization has partnered with VoiceAmerica Kids Network and Houston Symphony members, and CDs of children's songs have traveled to Mount Everest, the Titanic wreck site, on Rolling Stones world tours, and on two space shuttle missions
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In 2015, the organization produced its first musical, "Journey To Hope," performed by six long-term survivors, which became an award-winning documentary
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The Texas House of Representatives adopted this resolution congratulating the organization on April 17, 2025, by a vote of 133-7
Legislative Description
Congratulating Purple Songs Can Fly on its receipt of an Arts Create grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.
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Reported enrolled
4/21/2025