[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 149 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    RECOGNIZING PRINCE WILLIAM CLEAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND ITS 2009 
                   VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR CONNIE MOSER

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 15, 2009

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the 
Prince William Clean Community Council and its 2009 Volunteer of the 
Year, Connie Moser. With the help of dedicated volunteers like Ms. 
Moser, the Council works to eliminate litter and graffiti in Prince 
William neighborhoods and commercial centers.
  The Council was conceived in 1982 during a spring cleanup effort led 
by a group of concerned Prince William County residents. These 
volunteers, who later became the founding members of the Council, 
immediately recognized the importance of litter prevention education as 
a way to long-term environmental protection and preservation. In 1986, 
the Prince William County Litter Control Council was born. The 
organization later changed its name to the Clean Community Council, and 
it became an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, a nationwide non-
profit that uses education and hands-on stewardship to advocate litter 
control, waste reduction, and community beautification.
  The Council's litter prevention and graffiti abatement efforts have 
not gone unnoticed. The Council's accolades include a 1994 Governors 
Award for Volunteering Excellence. The Council was a 2000 Virginia 
Stewardship Award Winner in the Communication/Education Category, and 
it received the Prince William County 2001 Partners for the Potomac 
Environmental Patron Award, 2000 and 2002 Keep America Beautiful 
National Awards and a 2008 Keep America Beautiful President's Circle 
Recognition Award.
  The Council's volunteers always have been essential to its success 
and the 1st Volunteer of the Year Award is a way to recognize their 
invaluable support. The recipient, Connie Moser, is a resident of Dale 
City, Va., and sits on the Council's board of directors. She teaches 
the Council's principles and goals to a number of other organizations 
that benefit from her involvement. She is acting Secretary for the Dale 
City Civic Association, a volunteer for the Prince William County 
Habitat for Humanity, maintains two ``Adopt-A-Spots'' for the Prince 
William Clean Community Council, serves on the Prince William County 
Neighborhood Leader's Group and is the founder of the Lindendale 
Community Group. Remarkably, she found time this year to coordinate a 
clean-up effort for the Dale City Fourth of July parade route, a large 
scale community beautification effort that inspired others to take up 
the Council's mission. Ms. Moser is truly devoted to her community's 
quality of life and does not shy away from a long, hard day of work to 
make Prince William County a pleasant place to live.
  Madam Speaker, we create safer, cleaner neighborhoods when residents 
take ownership over their communities. The Clean Community Council asks 
Prince William residents to take pride in their county and work to 
eliminate not just litter and graffiti but the carelessness that allows 
these community plagues to proliferate. I ask my colleagues to join me 
in recognizing the successes of the Prince William Clean Community 
Council and congratulating Connie Moser on being named the recipient of 
its 1st Volunteer of the Year Award.

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