[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 3 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E29-E30]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN HONOR OF AGNES M. GILLESPIE

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 25, 2002

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and acknowledge the 
many accomplishments of Agnes M. Gillespie, who was recognized by the 
Richard A. Rutkowski Association on Saturday, January 19, 2002. The 
gala event took place at Hi-Hat Caterers in Bayonne, NJ.
  In 1973, Agnes M. Gillespie began her career as an elementary school 
teacher in the Horace Mann and Walter F. Robinson Schools. In September 
1987, she assumed the position of grant writer for the Bayonne Public 
School System. As a grant writer, she secured awards for Safe Haven, 
Project Fare, Project Rite, and Project Self-Sufficient. Not only did 
she write and promote the applications for grant programs, but 
Gillespie also served as the director and coordinator in the 
administration and implementation of many of these programs. Currently, 
Gillespie is the Director of Safe Haven, the New Jersey school-

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based Youth Services Program, and the Teen Center.
  Gillespie has actively participated in various community service-
related activities; including: President of the Bayonne Child Abuse 
Council; member of the Bayonne Mayor's Council on Drugs and Alcohol; 
Bayonne Planning Board; Bayonne Municipal Alliance; Bayonne Hospital 
Foundation-Management Services Organization; Parish Council; City of 
Bayonne WTC Memorial Committee; Ireland's 32 Board of Trustees; Bayonne 
Municipal Election Candidate in 1994; and Chairperson-Holy Family 
Academy ``Phon-a-thon'' in 1992.
  She attended Caldwell College, Kean College, New Jersey City 
University, and Harvard Graduate School of Education.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Agnes M. Gillespie 
for 30 years of dedicated service on behalf of children and young 
adults in Bayonne, NJ.

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