[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 177 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2553]
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     HONORING THE GUAM COUNCIL OF WOMEN'S CLUBS ON THEIR TWENTIETH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 15, 2003

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Guam 
Council of Women's Clubs on their 20th anniversary and to acknowledge 
the Council's present and past members. I commend the numerous 
contributions of the council to programs and organizations that benefit 
not only Guam's local population, but also the national and 
international community.
  The Guam Council of Women's Clubs was founded in June 1983 as a 
response to the devastation in Guam from Supertyphoon Pamela. A group 
of prominent local women answered the call to service, establishing the 
council in an attempt to unify existing organizations towards the goal 
of recovery. The organization was to be a congress made up of 
representatives from every association devoted to promoting women's 
issues around common backgrounds, cultures, ethnicity and purpose. 
Through this collaboration, the founders sought to harness the energy 
and spirit of such organizations to contribute to the betterment of the 
local community, while providing an opportunity to pursue and express 
the political, social and economic needs of every woman, as individuals 
and as a powerful collective force.
  The names of the individual organizations which collectively comprise 
the Council include: the American Association of University Women; the 
Catholic Daughters of America; the Chinese Ladies Association; the 
Christian Women's Club; the Filipino Ladies Association of Guam; the 
Guam Women's Club; the Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association; 
the International Women's Club; the Women's Division of the Japan Club 
of Guam; the Korean Women's Association; the Palau Women's Club; and 
most recently, the two Soroptomist International organizations.
  As a founding member of this organization, I want to express my 
deepest gratitude to the Guam Council of Women's Clubs and its members 
for their years of hard work and dedication to the people of Guam, as 
they celebrate their 20th anniversary of service.

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