[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS

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                      HON. G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 1994

  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to inform my colleagues regarding 
the continuing excellent efforts put forth by various veterans' service 
organizations. Today, I would draw their attention to a nonmembership 
organization named Help Hospital Veterans [HHV].
  Chartered in 1971, HHV now operates from a small warehouse in San 
Diego, CA, with only one goal in mind: to assist our Nation's veterans 
during a critical period in their lives by making a variety of arts and 
crafts kits available to them through the 171 Department of Veterans 
Affairs medical centers and 50 Department of Defense hospitals. HHV 
provides more than 60 different types of kits including paint-by-
numbers, leather crafts, latch hooks, poster art, and model, to 
highlight a few. Since its inception, HHV has delivered more than 13 
million therapeutic arts and crafts kits to our Nation's hospitalized 
veterans. Clearly, HHV accounts for the overwhelming number of all arts 
and craft kits utilized in our VA and military hospitals.
  Obviously, this effort is funded solely by the generosity of numerous 
Americans who want to express their appreciation and support of our 
many hospitalized veterans while they are in their rehabilitative 
process. These kits provide many hours of constructive and creative 
activities to occupy the minds and hands of our hospitalized veterans, 
as well as daily reminding them that they have not been forgotten.
  As HHV approaches its 25th anniversary, a leading financial 
publication recently cited it as one of the best charities in the 
country. I, too, would like to recognize HHV and add my thanks for the 
wonderful assistance it provides to our veterans. Its patriotic and 
gallant efforts are truly worthy of our admiration.

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