[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 83 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO BRIGHTON, MI, ROTARY CLUB

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                           HON. DICK CHRYSLER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 6, 1996

  Mr. CHRYSLER. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today 
and pay tribute to an outstanding organization in the city of Brighton, 
MI. On June 18, 1996, the Brighton Rotary Club will celebrate its 60th 
anniversary of becoming a chartered member of Rotary International, the 
largest service group in the world. The club currently counts numerous 
business and professional leaders of Livingston County among its 
numbers. I am truly proud to be counted among these dedicated 
servicemen and women.
  The Brighton Rotary Club has been living out its motto of ``Service 
Above Self'' since its creation in 1936. Brighton Rotarians participate 
in numerous hands-on activities--including Christmas in April, Shots 
for Tots, Ringing the Bell for the Salvation Army, and additional one-
on-one activities. The club also supports numerous groups and agencies 
with financial support. These groups include Lacasa, Women's Resource 
Center, Brighton Boy Scout Troop 350, Catholic Social Services, the 
Brighton Senior Center, the Hartland Senior Center, and several 
students attending Michigan colleges and universities. Major 
fundraisers include the Brighton Rotary Auction, The Great Duck Race, 
and the Holiday Concert.
  The club is particularly supportive of programs for youth which 
stress development of leadership skills and community service. The club 
has initiated the Interact Club in Brighton High School, currently 75 
members, sends students to Girls State and Boys State, and is sending 
10 students to the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards [RYLA] conference in 
Ontario, Canada. International efforts include eye glasses projects in 
Mexico and the Caribbean, a sanitary facilities project in India, and 
ongoing support of the Polio Plus project to internationally eradicate 
polio and other childhood diseases by the year 2000.
  The Brighton Rotary Club has repeatedly gone above and beyond the 
call of duty in helping people and organizations within Livingston 
County. I ask the other members of the U.S. Congress to join me in 
recognizing its 60 years of outstanding service and wishing it many 
more years of continued success.

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