[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 63 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                  CONGRESSMAN KILDEE HONORS MARGE MAUL

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 19, 1994

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise before my 
colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize an 
outstanding volunteer, Mrs. Marge Maul. Mrs. Maul has been president of 
the Genesee Federation of the Blind since 1983. It is a privilege to 
know such a dedicated, active, and concerned human being as Mrs. Maul. 
She has graced the Flint community with over 50 years of diverse and 
highly valuable volunteer activity, and I am certain that this fine 
lady's long list of community deeds will continue to grow. Indeed, her 
disappearance from public service is unimaginable and, if it were to 
occur, would be an immeasurable loss not only to the thousands of 
visually impaired persons she has aided throughout her career, but to 
the entire community which she has so long and so enthusiastically 
sought to enrich.
  In listing Mrs. Maul's various volunteer services, one hardly knows 
where to begin. During her first 25 years of life as a volunteer, Mrs. 
Maul dedicated countless hours to the Red Cross, the Children's Ward at 
Hurley Hospital, and numerous blood programs. She also served the Flint 
Community Public Schools as a volunteer teacher's assistant and 
homeroom mother. Further demonstrating her superb organizational and 
leadership skills, Mrs. Maul founded and led for several years a 
woman's club at Flint Southwestern High School and a Teen and College 
Drop-in-Center at Freeman Elementary School. This already active and 
community conscious woman worked further in her community to improve 
the safety of her neighborhood as a key organizer for the Red Arrow 
Neighborhood Watch.
  Mr. Speaker, Marge Maul has been legally blind since the age of 7. 
Her poor vision, rather than handicapping her activities, has increased 
her desire to service the visually impaired. Beginning as a volunteer 
receptionist and tour guide for the Genesee Federation of the Blind in 
1962, she served many years on the organization's board of directors 
and is presently in her 11th year of service as president of that 
superb institution.
  Mrs. Maul further expanded her unwavering community service as the 
director of our Service Center for the Visually Impaired. Dedicating 
over 1,200 hours a year for 14 years, Mrs. Maul directed volunteer 
services and further gave her special skills and vast knowledge of 
community servicing as a liaison for the eye clinic, run by the Flint 
Downtown Lion's Club. She also served 1 year as a member of the board 
for the Retired Senior Volunteer programs and 11 years as an active 
member of the Service Center Board.
  Mr. Speaker, this list is far from complete. Marge Maul is without 
doubt one of the most enthusiastically active and caring individuals I 
have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Mrs. Maul has demonstrated time 
and again her value to the Flint community. She has enriched the 
quality of life for both those with sight and those without. I am very 
pleased to have this opportunity to bring to the attention of this body 
and the Nation the services of this outstanding individual. The many 
public deeds of Mrs. Maul shall continue to enhance the quality of life 
for all those within her community, especially the visually impaired.

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