[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 18 (Monday, February 1, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E82]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





  IN RECOGNITION OF GABRIELLA MAYREND FOR ACHIEVING THE RANK OF EAGLE 
                                 SCOUT

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                          HON. DEBBIE DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 1, 2021

  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Gabriella 
Mayrend of Ypsilanti for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. A freshman 
at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Miss Mayrend of Troop 439G, is the 
first female Eagle Scout from the Huron Trails District based in 
Washtenaw County and is a member of the inaugural female Eagle Scout 
class.
  Miss Mayrend was inspired to join Scouts BSA because of her love of 
adventure and the outdoors. Since then she has earned an impressive 
forty-one merit badges while serving as a leader in her all-female 
troop. Since 1910, Scouts BSA has taught members the fundamentals of 
becoming a responsible citizen who makes moral and ethical choices in 
their lives. Eagle Scouts are leaders in every sense of the word, and 
Gabriella is no different. Miss Mayrend is the newest Eagle Scout in 
her family and is upholding the legacy that began with her great-
grandfather.
  Her project, entitled Faholo Fire was completed at Camp Faholo in 
Grass Lake, a local camp that requested her assistance in rebuilding 
their four firepits. She repaired the decaying firepits and constructed 
twenty new benches and handcrafted four new firewood storage boxes. 
Additionally, she cleaned and repainted the camp's existing benches and 
upgraded them to a new set of swinging benches.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in congratulating 
Gabriella Mayrend for becoming the first female in the Huron Trails 
District to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. We are grateful for her 
service and dedication to the Washtenaw County community.

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