[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 83 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E998-E999]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING NYASHA SPROW AS A STATE HONOREE IN THE 2010 PRUDENTIAL 
                   SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARDS PROGRAM

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 28, 2010

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Nyasha Sprow from Prince William County, Va., for being a state honoree 
in the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program. Nyasha is a 
volunteer with the Prince William Chapter of the American Red Cross and 
a seventh-grader at Virginia Virtual Academy. Additionally, she has 
become a passionate advocate for organ and tissue donation.
  Nyasha has become a spokesperson for the National Kidney foundation 
and she works to

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stress both the importance of protecting one's organs and the need for 
more organ donors. She makes presentations at elementary schools, 
distributes literature at health fairs and community events and does 
interviews with the local news media. Furthermore, Nyasha participates 
in fund-raising events sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and 
the Regional Transplant Community and has further spread the word about 
organ donation as a contestant in the National American Miss pageant.
  Madam Speaker, Nyasha Sprow represents the best of our nation's 
youth, and her work with organ and tissue donation demonstrates her 
dedication to helping those around her. I congratulate her on this 
award and wish her well in all of her future endeavors.

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