[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 58 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO SHERRY ANN LITTMAN: A COMMUNITY TREASURE

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 30, 2004

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the life and 
recognize the accomplishments of a truly great lady, Mrs. Sherry Ann 
Littman, who passed away on April 11.
  Sherry Littman can perhaps best be described as a person of untiring 
energy and a great big heart, who also had a strong ethic of community 
service and cared deeply about the opportunities, welfare and well-
being of other people. She was an activist and a respected advocate for 
her Eastern Shores community in the City of North Miami Beach, but her 
interests extended far beyond the city limits.
  When Sherry Littman saw a need, particularly among people without the 
resources to address that need themselves; she flung herself into the 
task. One example is hunger and malnutrition. Almost 25 years ago, when 
Sherry and her husband, former North Miami Beach Councilman Jules 
Littman, saw gaps in the social services network in South Florida, they 
founded a nonprofit organization known today as Stop The Hunger. Today, 
Stop The Hunger serves a half-million meals a month to children and 
adults all over Florida.
  I know I speak for our entire community in extending our heartfelt 
sympathies to Sherry's husband, Jules, her daughter, Phyliss Diskin, 
her son, Paul Levin and her four grandchildren.
  No one whose life was touched by Sherry Littman could ever forget 
her. What is even more remarkable about her, however, is that she will 
be dearly missed by countless thousands of people who never met her, 
but whose lives were nonetheless touched by her life and work.

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