[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 48 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E486-E487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO COLLINS-MAXWELL HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 25, 2010

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
the students at Collins-Maxwell High School and Middle School in 
Central Iowa for their efforts in raising money to help those 
devastated by the earthquake in Haiti.
  Lanie Crouse, president of the high school student council, and 
student council members Josh Benton and Jameson Hudson implemented a 
plan to raise money for the Story County Chapter of the American Red 
Cross for relief in Haiti by selling T-shirts. The more than 240 T-
shirts sold have a Haitian-style design with their school Raider logo. 
In addition, the middle school students organized a coin drive which 
raised $242. Local community

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members also chipped in with monetary contributions. This entire 
fundraising relief effort raised a grand total of over $1,700.
  This collective effort at Collins-Maxwell High School and Middle 
School is characteristic of what Iowa is all about--citizens motivated 
and dedicated to improving the daily life of people in need, and in 
this case those who have lost everything. I commend Lanie Crouse, Josh 
Benton, Jameson Hudson, and all the students and community members who 
participated in this fundraiser, as well as Jessica Allen, the school 
counselor, who facilitated this heartwarming effort. I consider it an 
honor to represent all of those at Collins-Maxwell Schools involved in 
this great act of kindness and charity on behalf of Haiti in the United 
States Congress and again I congratulate them on their successful 
efforts.

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