[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H2314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


RECOGNIZING HELEN HUTT AND HER 75 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AMERICAN RED 
                                 CROSS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Helen Hutt, 
joining us in our gallery, a distinguished citizen from Ohio. When 
Helen first began her service to the American Red Cross, Calvin 
Coolidge was President of the United States, a first-class stamp cost 2 
cents, and the first Academy Awards were presented. That was 1928. 
Since that time, Helen has touched countless lives through her 75 years 
of service to the American Red Cross.
  Helen began her involvement with the Red Cross in 1928 when she 
became certified to teach swimming lessons. During World War II, she 
worked in the South Pacific as a ``Doughnut Dolly,'' serving GIs coffee 
and doughnuts. In the 1950s and 1960s, she organized a ``Learn to 
Swim'' program for Port Clinton children and the blind. Helen worked as 
a local Disaster Relief Volunteer during the 1970s, and then 
volunteered at Magruder Hospital recruiting blood donors and sharing 
expertise with the Ottawa County Advisory Board. She is still an active 
volunteer for the Ottawa County district office of the Red Cross.
  Throughout her years of volunteerism, Helen has received numerous 
honors, including the Volunteer of the Year Award for the Ottawa County 
District, and the highest local award for the Red Cross that it ever 
bestows, the Clara Barton Volunteer Leadership Award.
  Mr. Speaker, in view of the fact that this incredible American now is 
over 90 years of age and she will be receiving her 75-year volunteer 
pin at the National Red Cross Headquarters here in Washington, D.C., I 
ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating this magnificent 
American.
  Congratulations. We are so very, very proud of you, Helen Hutt.

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