[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 134 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1832]
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                   HONORING THE FRESNO RESCUE MISSION

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 9, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Fresno Rescue 
Mission on the occasion of their annual Fall Festival Banquet. The 
Fresno Rescue Mission is a non-profit evangelical Christian 
organization that has served the social and spiritual needs of the 
Fresno community for the past 52 years.
  The Fresno Rescue Mission works with homeless individuals, 
impoverished families, runaway, abused and neglected children, and 
single transient adults in the greater Fresno County area. The Fresno 
Rescue Mission provides emergency shelter, food, youth and family 
services, rehabilitation for the addicted, education, job training and 
spiritual assistance to all who seek help.
  The Fall Festival Banquet will feature guest speaker Pastor G.L. 
Johnson of Fresno's Peoples Church. Johnson has been the People's 
Church Senior Pastor since 1963. He Is one of Fresno's best-known and 
most respected pastors. The festival will also honor ``heritage 
partners,'' those who have donated $10,000 or more to the Mission over 
their lifetime. They will also honor 28 men who have graduated from the 
Mission's alcohol and drug recovery program.
  The Fresno Rescue Mission is the largest service organization in 
California's Central Valley. The Mission is responsible for the 
creation of 22 other Missions throughout the Western United States, all 
of which were started by graduates from their alcohol and drug recovery 
program.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to honor the Fresno Rescue Mission on the 
occasion of their Fall Festival Banquet. I urge my colleagues to join 
me in wishing the Fresno Rescue Mission many more years of continued 
success.

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