[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 23, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PENSACOLA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

  (Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
students and faculty of Pensacola Catholic High School. For 7 years, 
students at Pensacola Catholic High have embraced Make A Difference 
Day. Make A Difference Day was created by USA Weekend Magazine and is 
one of the most encompassing national days of helping others, a 
celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.
  They have achieved the astronomical participation rate of 80 percent. 
They have made it their annual mission to help the elderly in Pensacola 
maintain their homes and to pitch in around the community. On October 
27th, 2001, 450 students fanned out around Pensacola and painted four 
houses and an elementary school, built nine picnic tables, cleaned two 
neglected cemeteries, weeded a community rose garden, spruced up a 
homeless shelter's playground, and made $1,300 at a car wash for the 
school's Make A Difference Day scholarship fund.
  The students were recognized as one of the ten national honorees by 
the USA Weekend Magazine's Make A Difference Day. The students will 
receive a $10,000 Make A Difference Day award, funded by Newman's Own, 
and have selflessly donated it to Catholic Charities of Northwest 
Florida.
  I commend these selfless students for all they have done to the 
betterment of Northwest Florida.

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