[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 54 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SALUTE TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA YOUTH VOLUNTEERS

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 4, 2000

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate two young District of 
Columbia students who have achieved national recognition for exemplary 
volunteer service in their communities. Milton Boyd and Lakeshia 
Wallace have just been named honorees in the 2000 Prudential Spirit of 
Community Awards program, an annual honor conferred on only one high 
school and one middle school student in each state, the District of 
Columbia and Puerto Rico.
  Milton Boyd, a junior at Grant School Without Walls, developed a 
theatrical presentation to educate teenagers in the District about the 
importance of making healthy life decisions. As a result of his work, 
Milton was recruited to join Planned Parenthood's youth outreach 
campaign, which promotes non-violence, sexual awareness and abstinence, 
and self control.
  Lakeshia Wallace, a junior at Hugh Browne Junior High School, 
initiated a project to deliver home cooked meals to the homeless in her 
community during the cold fall and winter months. As president of her 
local Boys and Girls Club, Lakeshia helped establish ``Project GRATE,'' 
which delivers food to homeless people who live and sleep on subway 
grates.
  I ask my colleagues to join me today and applaud Milton Boyd and 
Lakeshia Wallace for their initiative in seeking to make their 
communities better places to live and for the positive impact they have 
had on the lives of others. Congratulations to both for their 
commitment and dedication to the people of the District of Columbia.




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