[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO ALPHA DELTA KAPPA INTERNATIONAL HONORARY ORGANIZATION FOR 
                            WOMEN EDUCATORS

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                             HON. MO BROOKS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 6, 2016

  Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the Alpha 
Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators on 
sixty-nine years of dedicated service, and proclaim October 2016 as 
Alpha Delta Kappa Month. Established in 1947, Alpha Delta Kappa's goals 
are to institute high standards of education, recognize outstanding 
educators, build a fraternal fellowship among educators and promote 
educational and charitable projects, enriching the lives of individuals 
everywhere.
   With a membership of more than 33,000 educators representing all 
fifty U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, and Australia, 
Alpha Delta Kappa is committed to educational excellence, personal and 
professional growth, and collectively channeling their energies toward 
the good of their schools, communities, the teaching profession, and 
the world.
   Women in education constitute a great portion of America's workforce 
and are constantly striving to serve their communities and America in 
educational, cultural, and charitable programs leading to harmony, 
happiness, and peace among all people.
   Over the last two years alone, members of Alpha Delta Kappa have 
altruistically given to the communities they serve by raising nearly 
$12 million and volunteering more than two million service hours. Alpha 
Delta Kappa members biennially award more than a quarter million 
dollars through eleven scholarship programs and have contributed more 
than $1 million to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, 
Tennessee.
   I congratulate Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization 
for Women Educators on their many years of unparalleled success and 
wish them well as they continue to educate our children.

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