[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 56 (Monday, April 1, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY SUPPORT FOUNDATION

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 1, 2019

  Mr. KEATING. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 
Massachusetts Military Support Foundation for its commendable service 
to its community and country during the recent government shutdown.
  Started in 2014, the Cape Cod Military Support Foundation now 
provides programs and services that support the thousands of service 
members and their families at Joint Base Cape Cod. In 2017, founder Don 
Cox and his team saw a larger need to expand across the Commonwealth to 
support active duty military, coast guard, national guard, veterans, 
and their families, creating the Massachusetts Military Support 
Foundation.
  The recent government shutdown brought the loss of paychecks for 
members of the United States Coast Guard. The Massachusetts Military 
Support Foundation took immediate action, opening an empowerment center 
on the Cape to provide food, groceries, and baby supplies to members of 
our Coast Guard and their families. Soon they had opened a center in 
Boston and others across the Commonwealth to ensure no family was 
without food. The Massachusetts Military Support Foundation worked 
tirelessly to manage food deliveries from Maine to Rhode Island and 
went above and beyond for our community in a time of need.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to honor the Massachusetts Military Support 
Foundation for its dedication to serving our community and members of 
the United States Coast Guard. I ask that my colleagues join me in 
thanking the foundation for its incredible work and wishing it all the 
best as it continues to support our service members and their families.

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