[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 28 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E405]
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      TRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF LYONS ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 10, 2005

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to an 
outstanding organization in my district, the Women's Club of Lyons on 
its 50th Anniversary celebration this year.
  For five decades, the Women's Club of Lyons has promoted civic 
responsibility, philanthropy and friendship throughout its community. 
Chartered in April 1955, the Women's Club aims to encourage its members 
to become civic minded and socially active with charitable causes and 
community awareness and development.
  From its early days, the Women's Club has branched out into other 
charitable endeavors, including funding Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Little 
League, American Cancer Society, Lyons Food Pantry, youth programs with 
the Lyons Recreation Department, the Ronald McDonald House, the 
Constance Morris home for battered women, the Wives and Children Fund 
of the New York Policemen and Firemen's fund after 9/11, and the Stars 
and Stripes fund, as well as many other charitable causes.
  However, the club still maintains much of its original character as a 
place for women to form the bonds of friendship and camaraderie through 
its social activities and monthly meetings which feature speakers 
discussing important issues of the day.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the Western Springs Women's Club and all 
of its members, past and present, on its 50 years of service to its 
community.

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