[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E592]
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                       THE HEART OF COLUMBINE DAY

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                        HON. THOMAS G. TANCREDO

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 24, 2001

  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to give honor to efforts by 
Governor Bill Owens and the Jefferson County Board of Education in 
declaring April 20th ``The Heart of Columbine Day,'' in support of the 
Heart of Columbine organization.
  Last week, the Littleton community and everyone across our state of 
Colorado came together to quietly mark the second anniversary of the 
shootings at Columbine High School.
  In January, in remembrance of this terrible tragedy, the Heart of 
Columbine organization was created by Gerda Weissman Klein and students 
and staff members of Columbine to encourage community involvement. The 
organization is actively recruiting other schools across the country to 
follow their lead and, already, schools in Illinois and Arizona have 
started their own programs.
  This year, Columbine chose to focus its efforts on hunger prevention, 
has worked in soup kitckens, sponsored a child in the Philippines and 
collected more than 7,200 cans of food. Heart of Columbine also hosted 
a community day in the school's parking lot to involve the community in 
their project.
  I hope that my colleagues will join me in honoring this extremely 
outstanding organization, which has done such a tremendous job of 
turning tragedy into triumph.

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