[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 185 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING MR. CHAD SHIFFLET AND THE MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL ANGEL 
                                 CLOSET

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 19, 2019

  Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I rise today in heartfelt gratitude to Mr. 
Chad Shifflet for his exemplary service to the Cumberland Valley School 
District as a Security Officer and as the creator of the Mountain View 
Middle School's Angel Closet, which provides age and environmentally-
appropriate clothing for children in need.
  After a distinguished 23-year career in the Pennsylvania Air National 
Guard, Mr. Shifflet became a Security Officer with the Cumberland 
Valley School District in August. During his orientation with the 
school district, he walked through all of its schools and learned that 
many children there did not have the clothing items that they needed in 
order to learn and succeed.
  When he took up his assignment to the Mountain View Middle School, he 
located a twelve-foot by twelve-foot room that he could use to 
distribute clothes to students in need and established an Angel Closet. 
Shifflet partnered with a local consignment shop, which donated 
clothing racks and hangers, and a local drycleaner, which agreed to d1y 
clean all winter coats. Local donors keep the Angel Closet well-stocked 
with a range of comfortable and appropriate clothing items which are 
available for students who need them. This has ensured that all 
Mountain View Middle School students have access to clean, comfortable 
clothing so that they can thrive at school.
  Shifflet's Angel Closet makes sure that no clothing donations go to 
waste, sending clothes that are too big for middle school students to 
the high school, clothes that are too small to the elementary school, 
and clothes that would not appeal to school-aged children to the 
Salvation Army. He hopes to expand the operation so that every school 
in the district has an Angel Closet and eve1y child has access to the 
clothes that they need to excel.
  Mr. Shifftlet's remarkable, lifelong record ofservice to our Nation, 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Cumberland Valley community 
is an example to all. On behalf of Pennsylvania's Tenth Congressional 
District, I commend and thank Mr. Shifflet and wish him continued 
success in his service to the children of Cumberland Valley School 
District.

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