[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 85 (Friday, June 14, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING MRS. LOIS GILES

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 13, 2013

  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a wonderful woman 
from Colorado Springs. Mrs. Lois Giles, a mother of four, grandmother 
of eight and great grandmother of five, has spent many years devoting 
her time to her community. She has set a record at Memorial Hospital in 
Colorado Springs by volunteering an incredible thirty-seven thousand 
hours in the Volunteer Service Department. Lois is loved by everyone 
she works with and is always eager to lend a helping hand. Rising at 
3:45 a.m. four days per week she works from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. She has 
spent hours working on patient floors, in the business office and in 
the emergency room. Now, Lois helps greet people at the Hospital's 
north entrance front desk, looks up room numbers and provides telephone 
numbers and directions to rooms. The epitome of a selfless worker, she 
admits she's not striving to acquire more hours, rather she comes in 
each day just so she can help. She has been nominated twice for the 
Memorial Appreciation Award at the Hospital and won the award for her 
unwavering commitment to notify the hospital of an unsafe workplace 
situation.
   Her late husband Howard also volunteered at the Hospital. Lois and 
Howard were married on Memorial Day 1941.
   The Senior League and Senior Research Council of the Pikes Peak 
Region awarded Lois the Community Service Award for incredible service 
to the community and on behalf of senior citizens. Lois has been 
praised by her co-workers for her leadership, sense of responsibility 
and caring nature.
   Lois deserves much recognition for her dedication to helping others 
and the incredible impact she had on her community and the countless 
lives she has touched.

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