[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E458]
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               RADIO VISION: 20 YEARS OF VALIANT SERVICE

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                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 30, 2000

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today in recognition 
of the volunteers of Radio Vision in Orange County, New York for their 
20 years of devout service in my Congressional district. Radio Vision's 
Twentieth Annual Volunteer Recognition Day will be held on Saturday, 
April 8th. Radio Vision is a radio reading service for over 600 blind 
and visually handicapped listeners located in the Mid-Hudson region of 
southeastern New York. This outstanding organization informs its 
listeners of local events and news, which is broadcast by Radio 
Vision's dedicated volunteers.
  Many of us take the gift of sight for granted, especially with our 
ability to watch television or read newspapers in order to learn of the 
daily worldwide events. We are incapable of knowing what it is like to 
be blind and have no other means of gathering information without the 
sense of sight. Radio Vision provides the blind residents of our Mid-
Hudson region the opportunity to find out news and current events, 
since the means of conveying information via television and newspaper 
to the blind is impossible.
  Over the past 20 years, more than 100 dedicated and valiant 
volunteers have kept Radio Vision alive for its 600 listeners. These 
volunteers have given their time, their hearts, and their voices to 
those in need.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to bring this program and the honorable deeds 
of those great people at Radio Vision to the attention of Congress and 
I invite my colleagues to join me in praising their continuing efforts 
in helping the blind.

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