[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN PRAISE OF JACKSON, MI RESIDENT ALICE MANNING

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                          HON. TIMOTHY WALBERG

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2007

  Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, the renowned author William Shakespeare 
once wrote, ``How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a 
good deed in a weary world.''
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Alice Manning, an 87-
year-old resident of Jackson, Michigan whose example has been a shining 
light to her community for over fifty years.
  According to a February 21, 2007 article in the Jackson Citizen-
Patriot, Manning took a first-aid course through the American Red Cross 
in March of 1956 and began volunteering with the organization.
  To this day, the dedicated mother of two, grandmother of four and 
great-grandmother of four hasn't stopped.
  Though she has never actually donated blood due to the Red Cross' 
weight requirement of 110 pounds, Alice has served the organization in 
various capacities for more than 50 years.
  One blood donation can save up to three lives, and Alice has been an 
integral part of American Red Cross' efforts in the Jackson area.
  So we thank Alice Manning for going above and beyond the call of duty 
by working to save lives in south-central Michigan through her service 
to the American Red Cross Blood Center.

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