[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN HONOR OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW KENSINGTON AREA ROTARY CLUB

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                           HON. MARK S. CRITZ

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2012

  Mr. CRITZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the New Kensington Area 
Rotary Club on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Since its 
inception, this great international service organization has operated 
according to its motto of ``service above self,'' providing support to 
our troops and to laudable philanthropic causes in southwestern 
Pennsylvania and throughout the world.
  In addition to providing support to local chapters of Meals on 
Wheels, the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity and the YMCA, the New 
Kensington Area Rotary Club has sponsored efforts to promote literacy 
at local elementary schools, held Santa breakfasts for local needy 
children, sent clothing, shoes and other needed materials to needy 
communities in Appalachia and provided computers to St. Joseph's Indian 
School on the Cheyenne Indian Reservation in South Dakota. It has also 
worked to improve lives in disadvantaged and medically underserved 
communities abroad, performing water projects in Uganda, supporting the 
effort to eliminate the global Polio epidemic and participating in 
national immunization days in India, Venezuela and elsewhere.
  To honor the selfless efforts its members have made to promote peace 
and prosperity throughout the world over the last 75 years, the New 
Kensington Area Rotary Club will hold an Anniversary Gala on October 
23rd at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. It is my 
most sincere hope that this event brings pride and fulfillment to all 
those who have had a hand in making the New Kensington Area Rotary club 
one of Southwestern Pennsylvania's most successful community service 
organizations.
  Mr. Speaker, I am extremely proud to represent the members of the New 
Kensington Area Rotary Club in Congress; everyone should attempt to 
emulate their abiding generosity and kindness. I have every expectation 
that their great organization will continue to accomplish charitable 
feats of international significance for years to come.

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