[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 158 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2296-E2297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF TRESSLER ADOPTION SERVICES

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                        HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLING

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Sunday, November 9, 1997

  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, for the past two and a half decades, 
Tressler Adoption Services has provided an invaluable service to the 
community by helping to place special needs children in the care of 
loving and caring families. The courage and conviction that they have 
devoted to helping these extraordinary children has not gone unnoticed 
and I applaud their efforts.
  Tressler Adoption Services has given more than 2,500 children a 
second change in life. The priceless opportunities afforded to these 
special needs children may not have been realized had Tressler not been 
the stewards of their good fortune. Tressler should serve as a model 
for other communities, demonstrating

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how best to care for the most vulnerable people in our society.
  November is National Adoption Month, and I believe that our Nation 
must embrace, on a year-round basis, our less fortunate youths despite 
the shortcomings that life has dealt them. Under the leadership of 
Barbara Holtan, Tressler has soared in matching these youngsters, who 
otherwise may have languished in foster care with loving families and 
providing them with a home.
  It is with regret that the business of the House has precluded me 
from attending the celebration of Tressler's silver anniversary on this 
day, November 9th. Nonetheless, my best wishes do go out to them.
  On the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tressler Adoption 
Services, the community in south central Pennsylvania graciously thanks 
you and commends you on your years of good service. May many more 
productive years lie ahead.

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