[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 70 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD WINNER JUDY BLUESTONE

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                         HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 21, 2001

  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, June 4, Judy Bluestone will be 
honored with the 2001 Community Service Human Relations Award by the 
Milwaukee Chapter of the American Jewish Committee.
  This award is given to those individuals who have demonstrated 
outstanding service and leadership, two qualities that are exemplified 
in Judy's work within her community. Since moving to Milwaukee in 1985, 
she has exhibited a tireless dedication to numerous worthy causes 
throughout the area.
  A mother of two, Judy has always been concerned with the needs of 
young children. She is on the board of the Betty Brinn Children's 
Museum as well as Start Smart Milwaukee, a child advocacy organization. 
Her love for the arts is shared with children through her work with the 
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra.
  However, Bluestone works with more than children in Milwaukee's 
artistic community. She is beginning her third term on the Milwaukee 
Arts Board, and also devotes her time and energy to the Artist Series 
and Skylight Opera Theater. In 1995 she was appointed co-chair of the 
United Performing Arts Fund's annual campaign.
  Judy's tireless effort on behalf of such organizations as the United 
Way and the National Council of Jewish Women has garnered her a number 
of awards and distinctions. She is a recipient of Israel's Golda Meir 
Award and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Civic Alliance Award. In 1999 she 
was elected president of the Women's Division of the Milwaukee Jewish 
Federation. Her outstanding contributions to the causes that she holds 
dear serve as a model for community activism that few of us could live 
up to.
  And so it is my great pleasure to join the American Jewish Committee, 
as well as all those whose lives she has touched, in congratulating 
2001 Community Service Human Relations Award winner Judy Bluestone on 
this richly deserved honor.

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