[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E132-E133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING ROSEMARIE DUERTA HUGGINS FOR HER SERVICE TO THE CABRILLO CIVIC 
                       CLUBS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

                                 ______
                                 

                             HON. JIM COSTA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2011

  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Rosemarie Duerta 
Huggins for her outstanding leadership and service as the 2010 
President of Cabrillo Civic Clubs of California, Inc.
  Rosemarie is a long-standing civic leader in California's Portuguese 
community. Upon joining Cabrillo Civic Club #10 Fresno County in 1967, 
Rosemarie embraced the mission of the Clubs, which is to be dedicated 
to the progress of California in memory of Portuguese compatriot, Joao 
Rodrigues Cabrilho, discoverer of California; to observe September 28 
of each year as ``Cabrillo Day''; to erect and maintain appropriate 
memorials, shrines and landmarks of Portuguese navigators who 
discovered and explored California; to teach

[[Page E133]]

and foster Americanization; to promote scholarships; and encourage 
better education and to perpetuate the achievements of their pioneer 
forefathers in the Golden State.
  As president, Rosemarie served the Clubs' membership and communities 
of California with exemplary service. Her dedication led to expansion 
of the Clubs' charitable services and programs, including organizing 
blood drives, coordinating fundraising efforts for polio and cancer 
research, and assisting candidates for U.S. citizenship. During 
Rosemarie's tenure, the Clubs also awarded approximately 157 deserving 
students of Portuguese descent with $500 scholarships for higher 
education.
  Prior to her service as state president, Rosemarie served in several 
capacities to help advance the Clubs' mission, including assuming the 
role of president of the Club's Fresno County Chapter from 1992 to 
1993. Through her chairmanship on program and fundraising committees, 
Rosemarie was also highly instrumental in fostering awareness of the 
Club's founding principles including supporting scholarship and 
education, Americanization, and participation in civic affairs in the 
local community and across California. In addition to her years of 
service with the California Cabrillo Civic Clubs of California, Inc., 
Rosemarie has successfully attended to the needs of her household, her 
career at Children's Hospital Central California, and her duties as an 
active member of the Portuguese Lodge SPRSI and Clovis Hills Community 
Church.
  Rosemarie lives by the conviction that ``It is up to us to keep our 
heritage alive so it will not perish.'' Her leadership and dedication 
is highly commendable and should serve as an example for all of us to 
follow. I ask my colleagues to rise with me to honor Rosemarie Duerta 
Huggins for her many contributions and countless efforts that have kept 
the Portuguese legacy vibrant in communities across California and our 
great nation.

                          ____________________