[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 2, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1004]
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                        HONORING MR. KENT GIBBS

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                          HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 2, 2004

  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Mr. Kent Gibbs of the Orange County Council Boy Scouts of America.
  Mr. Gibbs became President/Scout Executive of the Orange County 
Council Boy Scouts of America in 1982. Immediately after he assumed his 
new post, his organization was faced with severe funding cutbacks and a 
forced thirty percent staff reduction. Despite all of these hardships, 
Mr. Gibbs was still able to provide services for young men and women 
across Orange County.
  Mr. Gibbs was also heavily involved in the undertaking of a $21 
million Major Gifts Initiative to provide funding to support outreach 
efforts into the inner city communities and needed capital 
improvements.
  The Orange County Council has been recognized as a Quality 
Organization by the national organization of the Boy Scouts of America, 
and Mr. Gibbs was a recipient of the James E. West Fellowship and 
Heritage Society Award.
  I would like to extend my best wishes to Mr. Gibbs on the occasion of 
his retirement and thank him for his service to the communities of 
Orange County.

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