[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 71 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E915]
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                         HONORING AL WANAMAKER

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                         HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 2011

  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Mr. Al Wanamaker, 
outgoing president of the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club, located in my 
congressional district in North San Diego County California.
  Under Mr. Wanamaker's leadership, the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club 
personified its motto of ``Building Communities and Bridging 
Continents.'' The club has contributed resources and financial 
assistance to various causes including: youth and women, student 
achievement, military, the disadvantaged and humanitarian efforts 
around the world.
  Some of the projects undertaken by Mr. Al Wanamaker and the Carlsbad 
Hi-Noon Rotary Club include hosting a Rotary Youth Leadership Award 
(RYLA), a youth awareness leadership conference, and business and 
ethics conferences for Advancement Via Individual Determination, AVID, 
school students. They sponsored a Four-Way speech contest to help 
develop public speaking skills for high school students and a golf 
tournament that benefited scholarships for Carlsbad high school 
students and returning marines. The Hi-Noon Rotary Club provided 
dictionaries for English and Spanish speaking elementary school 
children, as well as meals and gifts to needy elementary school 
children; and finally, the Club actively supports the Carlsbad Boys and 
Girls Club.
  For the greater community Mr. Wanamaker and the club co-sponsored an 
Oktoberfest fundraiser that benefitted the Carlsbad Women's Resource 
Center; provided support to the Veterans Association of North County, 
and La Posada, a facility for the homeless; assisted in the 
distribution of food, clothing and toys to over 400 needy Carlsbad 
families in conjunction with the Carlsbad Christmas Bureau; as well as 
refurbishing, relocation and dedication of a city landmark structure 
for public enjoyment.
  In the international arena, Mr. Wanamaker and a team of Carlsbad Hi-
Noon Rotarians joined with others to build a house in Mexico for a 
needy family. Through the Paul Harris Foundation, the club co-sponsored 
numerous other humanitarian projects all over the world including: an 
effort to eradicate polio worldwide; contributed one hundred goats to 
needy families in a small village in India for the purpose of providing 
a source of nourishment, income and an opportunity to develop 
entrepreneurial skills that promote self sufficiency; participated in 
the Shelter Box program to help the needy in Haiti and Japan that were 
devastated by earthquakes; provided support to build a school for girls 
in Afghanistan and developing a source of safe drinking water for a 
small village in Africa; finally, hosted several foreign exchange 
students to promote better understanding of other cultures.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing the many fine 
achievements of Mr. Al Wanamaker and his colleagues at the Carlsbad Hi-
Noon Rotary Club. Without question, his leadership and their fine work 
are worthy of recognition by the House of Representatives today.

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