[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 53 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E558-E559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO NATIONAL AFTERSCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE'S 
            ``BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS'' WINNER WENDELL MADDOX

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 2010

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, on April 21, 2010, hundreds of 
afterschool leaders and youth from more than 100 communities across the 
nation will visit Washington, D.C., to take part in the National 
Afterschool Association and Afterschool Alliance's ``Afterschool for 
All Challenge'', a three-day event which brings together afterschool 
program staff, parents, senators, representatives, mayors, national 
afterschool leaders, educators and youth in the name of afterschool 
care advocacy.
  The crowning affair of this meeting is the ``Breakfast of 
Champions'', a unique event honoring several outstanding state and city 
leaders for their commitment to expanding afterschool opportunities for 
kids at all levels. This prestigious and celebratory event will feature 
a keynote address by a senior representative from the U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, as well as musical performances from 
nationally-renowned artists.
  I am proud to announce that one outstanding individual from the Third 
District of Kansas has been selected as a ``Champion'' to be honored at 
this event. Mr. Wendell Maddox, the President and CEO of the United Way 
of Wyandotte County, is being recognized for his organization's start 
up of the All Accounted For project.

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  The All Accounted For project is an afterschool initiative designed 
to ensure that all school-aged children have the opportunity to 
participate in wholesome afterschool activities. This initiative 
accomplishes these goals by focusing on three primary issues: (1) 
providing transportation to children who participate in afterschool 
programs; (2) training and certifying afterschool care workers, and (3) 
establishing a quality rating system for afterschool program sites.
  I congratulate Mr. Maddox on his exceptional achievement as a winner 
of the ``Breakfast of Champions'' Award, and I thank him, on behalf of 
the Third District of Kansas, for his tireless efforts to the cause of 
providing quality afterschool care to our youth.

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