[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RECOGNIZING LAUREL WALSH

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                         HON. GREGORY F. MURPHY

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 10, 2020

  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to 
Laurel Walsh of Greenville, North Carolina. For more than 35 years, she 
has been the first face people would see at St. Peter Catholic School. 
She answered the phone, led tours, maintained enrollment records, 
helped handle billing, and also served as school nurse. For 20 years 
she even served as athletic director. Not only that, but for all those 
jobs, and for all those years she never once brought home a paycheck. 
Although a few people in leadership were aware, most in the St. Peter 
family thought Mrs. Walsh was a paid employee. Her secret was safe 
until about two months ago when the school established an endowment in 
her honor. In announcing the creation of the Laurel Walsh Fund, school 
officials revealed that this longtime employee was, in fact, a 
volunteer.
  Teacher Joe Hughes who has worked with Walsh for three decades said: 
``She's just so kind to everyone. She's just a fine person, just a good 
example of what a human being should be, what Christ called us to be.''
  Madam Speaker, please join me in honoring this incredible volunteer, 
but more importantly, a wonderfully faithful servant of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and my personal friend, Laurel Walsh.

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