[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 57 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN RECOGNITION OF THE PENINSULA HILLS WOMENS' CLUB

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                           HON. JACKIE SPEIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 19, 2012

  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the Peninsula Hills Women's 
Club of Redwood City, California on the occasion of its 50th 
anniversary. Over the past 50 years the members of this group have 
touched the lives of people in their community, across the country and 
throughout the world.
  In 1960, thirteen women founded the club in order to donate time and 
money to a variety of causes locally and worldwide. Today, the club has 
36 members who continue that mission.
  This Thanksgiving will be the 28th year that the members will serve 
dinner for lonely seniors. For 15 years, the club has provided fruit 
and cookies twice a month to low-income AIDS patients. For 13 years, 
children at migrant camps in Mexico have received hats, blankets, 
school supplies, sports equipment and toys. Club members sew post-op 
pillows for breast cancer patients, turtle pillows for seriously ill 
children, knit baby caps for African children and wool caps for our 
soldiers. They throw one birthday party a year for a low-income senior 
over 80 years of age. The club adopts a class and gives books to the 
students twice a year--on Dr. Seuss' Birthday and Christmas. It donates 
money to Pennies for Pines, a reforestation program, and to the Heifer 
Project which gives livestock to communities in developing countries in 
an effort to end hunger and poverty.
  The Peninsula Hills Womens' Club has held numerous fundraisers for 
Haiti Relief, Shelter Network and the Redwood City Educational 
Foundation. At one of the most memorable fundraisers for the Police 
Youth Athletic League, sheriffs and police officers played baseball 
against each other--with a twist: all players were on donkeys!
  As is obvious from this long and diverse list of activities, the 
women of the Peninsula Hills Women's Club are extraordinarily 
dedicated, passionate and creative. The club may be small, but it is 
mighty. It is currently under the leadership of its fourth president, 
Judy Yoakum; however, her three predecessors, Veva Wheaton, Judy 
Imperiale and Kit Fragulia, continue to serve on the state board.
  Mr. Speaker, it is right to honor the Peninsula Hills Womens' Club on 
this day, October 20, 2011, for 50 years of outstanding community 
service and to wish the members the best for the next 50 years.

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