[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E448]
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                       INTER-CLUB COUNCIL AWARDS

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                          HON. THOMAS M. DAVIS

                              of virginia

                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 24, 1998

  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it gives my colleague, Mr. Moran, 
and myself great pleasure to rise today and pay tribute to Mrs. Martha 
McCash and Mrs. Thelma Gallant McDonald, two outstanding citizens of 
Northern Virginia for their dedicated community service. On March 25, 
they will be honored by the Inter-Service Club Council of Springfield 
ISCC as co-recipients of the Bob Westmoreland Award for Person of the 
Year.
  Martha is currently the Secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Springfield 
and formerly served as President. She coordinates the activities of 
twenty-two Kiwanis-affiliated Key Clubs in area high schools. Martha's 
devotion and hard work has earned her the support of the high schools' 
faculty advisors, the President of the Springfield Club, and the 
Capital Kiwanis Key Clubs Zone Administrator. Her past honors for 
outstanding community service include the Capital District Kiwanis 
Governor's Distinguished Service Award, the Kiwanis International 
Distinguished Club Officers Award for 1995, and 1996 and 1997, and the 
Capital District Kiwanis Distinguished Member Award for 1994, 1995, 
1996 and 1997. Martha's clear dedication to service makes her truly 
deserving of the Bob Westmoreland Award.
  Thelma has persevered through the great personal loss of being twice-
widowed, to devote herself to community service. For ten years, she was 
involved in American Legion Auxiliary Unit 176 Junior activities. As a 
Girl Scout Troop Leader, Thelma was active in a program to provide 
performing groups to local schools. She has been involved with the Host 
Lions Club for thirty-five years, first as a spouse, then as member in 
1994. There she trained and managed Lions Club sponsored baton corps, 
served on the Club Board of Directors, chaired the local Nursing Home 
Bingo prize project, and chaired a project that collected over one 
hundred lap rugs for a nursing home and seniors. In addition, she is 
active in church programs to aid handicapped children and a local 
nursing home, and has logged over one thousand hours of volunteer 
service at Fairfax Hospital. The Bob Westmoreland Award is well 
bestowed on Thelma with her unwavering commitment to others.
  Mr. Speaker, we know our colleagues join us in congratulating these 
two outstanding women on their service and dedication. We appreciate 
their true spirit of giving and helping others that makes the Northern 
Virginia community such a fine place to live and work.

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