[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 141 (Friday, November 2, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1732-E1733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE CHRISTINA-TAYLOR GREEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

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                            HON. RON BARBER

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 2, 2012

  Mr. BARBER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Christina-
Taylor Green Memorial Foundation.
  Christina-Taylor Green was only nine years old when she lost her life 
on January 8, 2011 during a violent attack at Congresswoman Gabrielle 
Giffords' Congress On Your Corner event in Tucson. Although Christina-
Taylor was tragically taken from us on that dark day, her spirit will 
live on forever.
  In the months after Christina-Taylor's death, her grieving parents, 
John and Roxanna Green, created the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial 
Foundation to honor their beloved daughter and her hopes and dreams. 
The foundation has the goal of making the Tucson community as good as 
Christina-Taylor imagined it by helping local schoolchildren who are in 
need.
  On November 2 and 3, the Tucson Conquistadores Foundation is 
partnering with the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation to hold 
Birdies & Butterflies, the year's premier sports entertainment 
fundraiser in Southern Arizona. The event will feature Tommy Lasorda, 
the legendary former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, pro golfer and 
U.S. Senior Open champion Don Pooley and other pro and college sports 
celebrities.
  The name of the event pays tribute to Christina-Taylor's last 
drawing. In December 2010, her third-grade teacher gave the class an 
assignment to create a winged insect that represented who they are 
inside. Christina-Taylor drew a beautiful striped green and blue 
butterfly with big dark eyes and wings that reached toward the sky. 
That drawing has become the logo of the foundation that now bears 
Christina-Taylor's name.
  I am proud to recognize the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial 
Foundation on the occasion of Birdies & Butterflies that is being held 
in Tucson today and tomorrow. It is a worthwhile community endeavor 
honoring Christina-Taylor's vision for what our community can be. This 
beautiful young girl continues to inspire us all.

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