[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E73]
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                       HONORING CHARLES HENNINGER

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                           HON. BOB SCHAFFER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 31, 2001

  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, today I honor an outstanding volunteer who 
is using his life to improve the lives of others. Charles Henninger is 
a big man with an even bigger heart. After retiring from his job as a 
director of a Civic Center in Greenwich, Connecticut, Mr. Henninger 
didn't look to slow down, he went looking to serve.
  For the past seven years since his retirement, Mr. Henninger has 
served as a volunteer at the Catholic Charities Northern's homeless 
shelter in Fort Collins, Colorado. He sees his work at the shelter as a 
way to directly assist people and serve their specific needs and as he 
says, ``you get to see immediate results.''
  Mr. Speaker, it is important for all Americans to follow the lead of 
those special individuals who give to the needs of the less fortunate. 
Charlie Henninger challenges us all to look around us and find ways to 
serve others and lend a helping hand. Mr. Henninger can recount many 
stories of the people he's met and helped. I'm certain he would tell us 
that each memory is a treasure of his life.
  At the Catholic Charities Northern homeless shelter, Mr. Henninger 
and the other volunteers aid those that government never could. If a 
traveling family's car breaks down, the state police bring them into 
the shelter and they are fed and the volunteers get them bus tickets to 
their destination. This year for Christmas, Mr. Henninger and his wife 
Joan, who also works at the shelter, organized volunteers to deliver 
hot meals to over 300 homebound residents in the Fort Collins area.
  Mr. Speaker in offering this tribute to Mr. Henninger, I am certainly 
recognizing a great man, and powerful Christian example.

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