[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO DAR EMME

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 11, 2003

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with a great sense of respect that I 
honor Mrs. Dar Emme. Through her efforts of suicide prevention, Mrs. 
Emme has helped countless Colorado youth.
   In 1994, after Dar and her husband Dale's lives were personally 
touched by suicide, they created the Yellow Ribbon Program. Since then, 
they have firmly committed themselves to stopping others from taking 
their own lives. Dar currently volunteers more than fifty hours a week 
with the program, traveling all over the country and speaking to 
students about suicide prevention. She encourages students to start 
their own chapters of the Yellow Ribbon Program, which will take calls 
and emails from students and parents regarding suicide. Dar believes 
that enabling students to run their own programs facilitates 
leadership, and will make the programs stronger.
   The Yellow Ribbon Program currently employs six people. They send 
kits worldwide and answer emails and letters from parents and youth 
regarding suicide prevention. This program has been of great importance 
in the lives of many people; since its inception, the program has 
received more than 2,500 letters from children saying that the program 
saved their life.
   Mr. Speaker, it is with privilege that I recognize Dar Emme before 
this body Congress and this nation today. Mrs. Emme's efforts to help 
those at risk for suicide have been immeasurably beneficial in the 
lives of many.




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