[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2012

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, I want to recognize the 
important contributions that the Robert E. Lee High School Interact 
Club has made to the Baytown, Texas community. For over 50 years, the 
club has proudly served our community. This is quite an accomplishment 
in and of itself, but in the last year alone, the club has completed 
over 900 hours of community service.
  Sponsored by the Baytown Rotary, the club's community service 
projects last year included the annual cancer fundraiser, Relay for 
Life; campus clean up events; hosting a Red Ribbon Week, and serving 
meals at the Baytown Thanksgiving community dinner. The club also held 
a Trick-or-Treat for Hunger event where it collected 1,587 canned goods 
to donate to our community.
  With a motto of ``service above self'', the club's members are 
learning many important life lessons: how to be selfless; how to be a 
leader; how to be a person of integrity; how to respect others and how 
to help someone during a difficult time. The members may be young in 
age--only teenagers--but they are putting these life lessons into 
action and making important contributions to the Baytown community.
  The Baytown community has been enriched by the members of the Robert 
E. Lee Interact Club and will continue to be as the students put 
service above self for the next 50 years. And that's just the way it 
is.

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