[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        INTERFAITH CAREPARTNERS

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                       HON. JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 29, 2003

  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, February 2, 2003, Interfaith 
CarePartners will celebrate the unprecedented milestone of one million 
hours of volunteer community service. On behalf of the people of Texas' 
Congressional District Seven, I want to congratulate and honor 
Interfaith CarePartners for their incredible accomplishment and for 
their remarkable service to our community.
  Interfaith CarePartners, founded in 1985, has evolved into a national 
movement of faith-based volunteerism that promotes, sponsors, and 
conducts volunteer caregiving and associated activities in partnership 
with churches and synagogues. They are ``Houston's caregiver,'' 
sponsoring the nation's original and largest faith-based caregiving 
program with 1,600 volunteers in 83 congregations who serve 
approximately 1,000 families per year, and providing 60,000 hours of 
volunteer service for frail adults and children. Volunteers also 
provide in-home care and caregiver respites to more than 3,600 
Alzheimer's and dementia-affected families, frail elderly, and other 
chronically or terminally ill adults, severely impaired children, and 
people with AIDS. Partner congregations span the theological spectrum 
within Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Judaism.
  Interfaith CarePartners has earned the gratitude of all the families 
they have helped and the admiration of everyone who knows their work 
and the depth of their selfless devotion to improve the lives of their 
neighbors. Today, we honor and thank Interfaith CarePartners for their 
extraordinary achievement in reaching one million hours of volunteer 
community service. I would like also to congratulate Nancy Reagan, Dr. 
John McGovern, and Chip Carlisle and Wells Fargo for receiving the 
Sustaining Presence Award, an annual award presented to distinguished 
individuals and organizations whose commitments and activities 
constitute an exemplary contribution to the creation of caring 
communities. All of you exemplify the best of America.

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