[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E972-E973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING JEANNE BOVARD, 2008 RECIPIENT OF THE GOVERNOR ROBERT P. 
                 CASEY MEDAL FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2008

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Jeanne 
Bovard, recipient of the 2008 Governor Robert P. Casey Medal for a 
Lifetime of Service presented by the Neighborhood Housing Services of 
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
  For more than a quarter of a century, the NHS has faithfully served 
the greater northeastern Pennsylvania community by empowering 
individuals and families through home ownership, education and 
promotion, property rehabilitation and affordable lending. This work 
has resulted in thousands of educated homebuyers, over a hundred 
improved properties and millions of dollars worth of investment into 
local neighborhoods.
  NHS, as part of a national network of more than 230 community-based 
nonprofit organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and 
Puerto Rico, has created home ownership for lower income families, 
produced and managed affordable, high-quality rental properties, 
stemmed the tide of foreclosures that threaten

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to destabilize neighborhoods and local economies and helped to 
revitalize and strengthen neighborhoods.
  Named as a tribute to the late Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey, 
this award is intended to acknowledge the efforts of individuals who 
have faithfully invested their time and talents to the betterment of 
the quality of life in northeastern Pennsylvania and, equally as 
importantly, to allow others to learn from their service.
  Ms. Bovard is a special friend to northeastern Pennsylvania. As 
executive director of the Scranton Area Foundation, she has provided 
dynamic leadership to an organization that has served this community as 
a catalyst for change and as a vital convener of diverse groups 
passionate about community action.
  Throughout her career, she has overseen direct and measureable 
improvements to our region's health. education, arts, environment, 
human services and civic affairs.
  Although she consistently and humbly credits the foundation for its 
remarkable success, it is widely known that it is her own kindness, 
intelligence, compassion and love for this community that have been the 
key ingredients to its amazing impact on our region.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Jeanne Bovard on this 
auspicious occasion. Her example and commitment is an inspiration to 
all whose lives she has touched.

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