[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING SWEET MISS GIVING'S

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 24, 2009

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Sweet Miss 
Giving's. This bakery with a social conscience has helped the homeless 
and HIV-positive of Chicago by creating jobs, teaching skills, and 
giving back to the community.
  Sweet Miss Giving's arose to give the homeless and disabled of 
Chicago an opportunity to obtain practical skills through real world 
working experience. The bakery gives participants a place to work after 
completing job training so they may gain the confidence and talent 
enabling them to find work in the future. Their decadent baked goods 
are currently being sold at dozens of local businesses and restaurants 
around Chicago and over fifty percent of proceeds are donated to 
Chicago House, the first provider of AIDS housing in the Midwest.
  Sweet Miss Giving's offers hope of achieving self-sufficiency for 
those who had previously considered themselves unemployable. I am proud 
to recognize the hard work, ingenuity, and charity of this bakery that 
improves people's lives and their prospects for the future.

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