[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 156 (Thursday, September 20, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1272-E1273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING THE CAREER OF JAMES CAMP

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                          HON. KEVIN McCARTHY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2018

  Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today alongside my colleague, David 
Valadao, to recognize Mr. James ``Jim'' Camp, a philanthropist and 
community leader from Bakersfield, California. Jim will be recognized 
as the Kern County Fair's Person of the Year for his lifetime of 
commitment to bettering the quality of life in Kern County.
  Jim is a tireless advocate for promoting and supporting the community 
he calls home. He has served three terms on the Board of Directors for 
the Kern County Fair--first appointed by Governor Pete Wilson and later 
appointed twice by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a member of the 
Board of Directors, Jim worked year-round to fulfill the Kern County 
Fair's mission of providing a safe and friendly environment for 
educational, cultural, and entertainment experiences celebrating the 
accomplishments of the Kern County community. During his time with the 
Kern County Fair, Jim also participated on the Finance and Livestock 
Committee, serving two terms as Chairman of the Board.
  More than anything else, Jim has distinguished himself as a man with 
a heart for the Bakersfield community. Over the years, Jim has paid his 
personal successes forward, donating to charitable causes across 
Bakersfield. In particular, Jim and his wife, Beverly, extended their 
generosity to help fund Bakersfield's Memorial Hospital's Grossman Burn 
Center. Jim has also been an active member of the Community Action 
Partnership of Kern (CAPK), serving the community service organization 
in a variety of roles since 2007, the most prominent being his tenure 
as chairman of CAPK's Board of Directors from 2013 to 2015. Through his 
work with CAPK, Jim helped to provide critical services to Kern 
County's most disadvantaged, organizing and participating in events 
that helped to reduce poverty and meet critical needs such as 
education, housing, and healthcare.

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  Over his life of work and community service, Jim Camp has 
distinguished himself as a man who always put the needs of others 
first. We have known Jim as a humble servant to Bakersfield--a man who 
never sought credit or recognition, but always had his community's best 
interest in mind. He is a giver--pure and simple--a man with a heart of 
gold with an insatiable desire to enrich the lives of others. That's a 
rare quality to come by, and our community is a better place because of 
Jim and his love for the people of Bakersfield. His efforts have 
measurably changed the Kern County community for the better, and one 
would be hard pressed to find a person worthier of the designation of 
`Man of the Year' than Jim Camp.

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