[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 44 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E437]
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   A TRIBUTE TO KAY ROSSER, 29TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE 
                               YEAR--2010

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 22, 2010

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Kay Rosser of South 
Pasadena, California. Each year in March, in recognition of Women's 
History Month, we pay special tribute to the accomplishments made by 
our nation's most distinguished women.
  Kay began her volunteer work in South Pasadena when her two daughters 
were in elementary school during the early seventies. Kay helped in the 
classroom and with Parent-Teacher Association, PTA, special projects 
dealing with teen suicide and teen alcoholism. She was instrumental in 
creating the Theatre Arts Angels, a parent support group for the South 
Pasadena High School drama program.
  She has been a volunteer in the South Pasadena Public Library since 
the early nineties and was a member of the Board of Trustees for 7 
years. Today, she is still intimately involved with the library and co-
chairs the Library's Restoration Concerts, a classical and jazz concert 
series that benefits the restoration of the library's community room. 
Embarrassed to have major artists perform on the library's aging piano, 
Kay plunged herself into researching and leading the effort to raise 
$35,000 to purchase a refurbished Steinway. When the funding for the 
piano was complete, Kay led the effort to raise more donations to fund 
a Quartet in Residence, the highly acclaimed New Hollywood String 
Quartet, now performing in its third season.
  In addition to her work in South Pasadena, Kay has been a volunteer 
coordinator for 13 years with Plaza de la Raza, a school of performing 
arts with afternoon classes in music, theater, dance, and the visual 
arts offered to children in East Los Angeles and beyond.
  In 1990, Kay worked as an assistant to the Chairman of Volunteers for 
the Los Angeles Festival, and in 1993, she became Chairman of 
Volunteers and recruited over 1,000 volunteers for the Festival.
  I ask all Members of Congress to join me today in honoring a 
remarkable woman of California's 29th Congressional District, Kay 
Rosser. The entire community joins me in thanking Kay for the 
meaningful impact she has had on the 29th Congressional District.

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