[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 23 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF REV. PAMELA CAHOON

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 6, 2014

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it is my great privilege to 
rise today and honor the Rev. Pamela Cahoon on the occasion of her 
retirement. The Rev. Cahoon has led for more than 30 years Christians 
Reaching Out to Society (C.R.O.S.) Ministries, as its executive 
director.
  Her passion to end hunger began many years ago, when, as a child she 
noticed that some of her classmates did not have the benefit of a 
simple brown bag lunch. She persuaded her own mother to start packing 
extra lunches to share with classmates who had none of their own.
  Today, her family and many others have joined her efforts to ensure 
that no one goes hungry. In one year alone, C.R.O.S. Ministries, under 
the Rev. Cahoon's leadership, provided emergency food to more than 
40,000 individuals, more than 40 percent of whom were children; served 
85,000 meals to hungry families in the ministries' kitchens; 
distributed 28,000 afterschool snacks to hungry kids; and sent home 
16,000 brown bag lunches to ward off hunger for families during the 
long weekends.
  C.R.O.S. Ministries also led efforts to gather food, salvaging more 
than 218,000 pounds of fresh produce from harvested fields, and then 
distributed the food to 100 nonprofit agencies across the county.
  Although the Rev. Cahoon is retiring, I am sure that she will 
continue to be involved in local efforts to help people in need for 
many years to come.
  Mr. Speaker, the Rev. Pamela Cahoon is someone with whom we can all 
admire and respect. I commend her for her selfless efforts to end 
hunger, and wish her the very best on her retirement.

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