[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 127 (Friday, October 8, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S10835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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    COMMENDING THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

 Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President. I would like to take this 
opportunity to commend the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars for their great work on behalf of our military members and 
veterans, and specifically those veterans and military personnel in the 
State of Georgia.
  For many years, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 
has been involved in supporting our brave men and women in uniform and 
their families. Throughout the country many Ladies Auxiliary to the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars are providing support and well wishes at our 
Nation's airports as soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines leave and 
return from Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq. Members of the Ladies 
Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars also help the families of 
deployed troops meet such challenges as trying to fill the roles of 
absent parents, learning to stretch a reduced paycheck, and dealing 
with loneliness.
  In the last year, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars has provided many families and troops with Operation Uplink cards, 
which allow our troops to make long-distance phone calls to loved ones 
during challenging times. Additionally, members of the Ladies Auxiliary 
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars have personally helped deployed service 
members' families by babysitting, providing transportation, helping 
with weekly tasks like mowing the lawn and grocery shopping, but most 
of all by being good listeners.
  The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars also provides 
scholarship funds for civically minded youth. Through various 
scholarship funds, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 
awards $37,500 annually. Young people benefiting from these awards have 
outstanding achievement in academics, volunteerism, and the creative 
arts, and these awards allow them to extend these achievements even 
further.
  The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars also offers a 
unique program to its members. All members are eligible to receive a 
cancer grant, which is a lump sum gift given to a member who has been 
diagnosed with cancer. Two Cancer Research Fellowships are also offered 
by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. These grants 
are 1-year, $50,000 postdoctoral fellowships, which are awarded each 
year to eligible scientists. The auxiliary provides these fellowships 
so that researchers can devote one year full-time to the challenge of 
cancer research.
  I hope my colleagues will join with me today in commending the ladies 
auxiliary for their service and contribution on behalf of our military 
personnel and veterans. The Nation should be proud and appreciative to 
have such an organization active and operating. I am especially proud 
to have them active in the State of Georgia and congratulate them for 
their accomplishments and their service to our country.

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