[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E611]
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                        HONORING JUSTICE LIVELY

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                         HON. SUZAN K. DelBENE

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 29, 2015

  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Justice Lively, who 
on March 25, 2015, received the Washington Boys & Girls Club Youth of 
the Year Award. Justice was honored for his achievements in overcoming 
a tumultuous childhood and serving as a leader in his community.
   The Youth of the Year Award has been the highest award attainable by 
the national Boys & Girls Club since 1947. Justice previously received 
the Skagit County Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year Award.
   Justice's upbringing was filled with far greater challenges than any 
child should face. As a young boy, with his father deployed in the U.S. 
Army and his mother frequently absent, Justice was cared for by his 
oldest brother. When his father returned, Justice was brought into a 
new home with an abusive stepmother. Just as his mother began to get 
her life back together, she was killed in a car accident when Justice 
was only seven years old.
   When he was 10, Justice's life finally took a turn for the better. 
He was adopted by his aunt and uncle and was brought to Mt. Vernon, 
where he later joined the local Boys & Girls Club. Today, Justice is a 
leader at the club, focused on helping children. He frequently reads 
books to the club's younger children as part of a class on early 
childhood development.
   As he prepares to graduate from high school, Justice intends to 
attend the Cascade Job Corps, Skagit Valley College and Western 
Washington University in pursuit of his goal of becoming a pediatric 
nurse at Seattle Children's hospital.
   I want to congratulate Justice Lively on this achievement, as well 
as his work with the Skagit County Boys & Girls Club. I wish him the 
best as he pursues his dream of helping children.

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