[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 65 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATIONS TO SANDRA KELLER HAAS

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                            HON. MIKE KELLY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 9, 2013

  Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Sandra Keller Haas, who has been a member of the National Society 
Daughters of the American Revolution for 27 years, giving back to her 
community and to our veterans across the world.
  As a member of the Kushkushkee Trail Chapter of the Pennsylvania 
State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (PSSDAR), she has 
served as a chapter officer and as the Chairman of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution Service to Veterans Committee. This committee has a 
long and proud history of serving our country's veterans and making 
sure they are never forgotten.
  Mrs. Haas is a precious constant in so many veterans' lives as she 
volunteers her time at the Pittsburgh Veterans Hospital. She organizes 
toiletry and clothing drives, delivering goods and spending hours with 
the veterans, thanking them for their service to America.
  Mrs. Haas also supports the troops currently serving in our military, 
including her work spearheading a coupon-clipping initiative for an 
Army base in Okinawa, Japan. Under Mrs. Haas' leadership, the ladies of 
the Kushkushkee Trail Chapter clip coupons and send them to the base 
where they are placed in the commissary and can be used past their 
expiration date. She has collected and sent almost 150 pounds of 
coupons for our troops and their families to use. What one might see as 
a small gesture of clipping coupons, it tells our troops and families 
immensely that they are not forgotten back home.
  Mrs. Haas is a Pennsylvania native, born in Eastern, PA. She has been 
married for 54 years to Jim Haas, a retired U.S. Army officer, and is 
the mother of two and grandmother of four. She worked as a Home 
Economics teacher and dietician for years, working with students around 
every community to where her family was deployed. Outside of her work 
with veterans and troops, she has volunteered at the local food bank 
and loves spending time with her family.
  I applaud Mrs. Haas for her extraordinary dedication to our troops 
and to our veterans. Her work with the Kushkushkee Trail Chapter of the 
PSSDAR demonstrates an outstanding dedication and love of country. I 
thank her for her extraordinary contributions to the community and 
thank her for the positive impact she has had on one of our most 
treasured national assets, our veterans.

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