[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       VOLUNTEER SPIRIT IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 24, 1996

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, fellow Members of the House I 
rise today to thank and commend the volunteer work of Madgelean Bush, a 
friend and constituent of mine from Houston, Texas.
  On April 19th, Madgelean Bush was named the recipient of the Joint 
Action in Community Service National Volunteer of the Year Award for 
1996.
  The Joint Action in Community Service better known as JACS is a 
national, nonprofit organization of thousands of volunteers, dedicated 
to assisting at-risk youths to enter the mainstream of American 
society. Committed to the key principles of volunteerism and 
collaboration, JACS has worked for over thirty years with government, 
business, labor, religious and private organizations to open doors of 
opportunity for generations of the most disadvantaged young men and 
women in America.
  Nominated for the award by Southwest Regional Director Deloris 
Kenerson, Ms. Bush was described as ``a dedicated, humble, yet dynamic 
advocate for the Job corps program.'' Madgelean and her staff have 
offered assistance to over 2,400 former Job Corps students in their 
transition from Job Corps training to community readjustment and the 
world of work.''
  Ms. Bush also offers the Job Corps students she is assigned the 
opportunity to take advantage of the benefits and services of the 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center's half-way house, where she 
serves as its Executive Director. With management skills to rival any 
corporate manager, she supervises a staff of 45 and directs a $2.5 
million in city, country, State, and Federal funds.
  When not helping Job Corps youth, she is busy volunteering for a host 
of other worthy causes. She is affiliated with numerous civic 
organizations and has served on a variety of boards with concerns 
ranging from hunger to health, and from youth issues to those of the 
aged and disabled. She has contributed over two decades of service to 
the Houston Inter Faith Hunger Coalition, the Riverside Health Clinic 
Advisory Board, Twilight Chapter #393 Order of the Eastern Star Prince 
Hall Masons, and the Dobson Elementary Advisory Group. She serves as a 
Precinct Judge, member of the Texas Democratic Executive Committee 
Precinct #247, and is a member of the United Methodist Church 
Conference of Church and Society, as well as the Texas Conference of 
Churches.
  Madgelean Bush is the mother of a grown son and daughter.
  I would like to thank you Madgelean for making a life long commitment 
to volunteerism that is a lesson for us all. You have taught me along 
with many Houstonians that the individual in this diverse and complex 
society can make a difference.

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