[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1334-E1335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 IN APPRECIATION OF CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES ON THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 27, 1995
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to commemorate the 10th 
anniversary of Christian Relief Services, an international, charitable 
organization located in Lorton, VA. Throughout its 10-year history, 
Christian Relief Services has always had one overriding goal: to help 
those in need both in the United States and around the world.
  From the hollows of Appalachia and the barren plains of the Pine 
Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, to a children's home in Kenya 
and the first pediatric hospital in Haiti, and to the children of 
Chernobyl in Ukraine, Christian Relief Services has touched lives.
  Just minutes from this building are some of the poorest neighborhoods 
of Washington, DC. Just minutes from this building are children who go 
to bed hungry every night, who wake up hungry the next morning, who 
never have enough to eat. Christian Relief Services, through its food 
distribution programs, has reached these people. Working with local 
churches and civic organizations, over 

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100,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables have been distributed to 
the needy in northern Virginia, Washington, and suburban Maryland just 
in the past 2 months.
  As great as our Nation is, poverty and need still exist. The 
innercities, Appalachia, small towns, Indian Reservations, and rural 
areas all have people in need of assistance. Christian Relief Services 
is meeting these needs, and has been for 10 years, by giving people a 
hand up, not a hand out. This is their motto, and through long-term 
development projects they are providing people with the foundations 
they need to improve their lives for themselves. Organic gardening 
programs on the Pine Ridge Reservation and vocational-technological 
classes in West Virginia are but two examples.
  Long-term development is a focus of Christian Relief Services 
projects overseas, as well. The Kip Keino Children's Home in Eldoret, 
Kenya, in addition to giving abused and abandoned children a safe and 
supportive place to live and grow, provides for their education, and 
allows them to become happy, productive members of society. Currently, 
68 children live at the home. Over the years, 90 children have been 
rescued by the home and given new lives.
  Pick up today's newspaper and you will read of far-off lands in 
turmoil: Haiti, Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia. Within the past year alone, 
Christian Relief Services has shipped countless tons of emergency 
medical supplies, food, clothing, building materials, and other relief 
items to refugees from these areas. As our Government appears to be 
pulling inward, it is important and commendable for Christian Relief 
Services to reach out an American hand to those less fortunate in 
places some would write off as not being in our national interest to 
help.
  Christian Relief Services is about connecting with people, about 
caring for them and their families, and about making a difference in 
their lives.
  For 10 years, Christian Relief Services has made a difference in the 
lives of many people. Each day, this number grows. For this reason, and 
on behalf of these people, I would like to say thank you, Christian 
Relief Services, for 10 years of service to humanity, for making the 
world a less harsh place, for feeding those who are hungry, for 
providing the supplies to make well those who are sick, and for giving 
hope to those who had none.


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