[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 24, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E922-E923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING QUINN CAROLINE FLAHERTY OF CHEEKTOWAGA, ON BECOMING AN 
                              EAGLE SCOUT

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 24, 2021

  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Quinn Caroline Flaherty of Cheektowaga, and her tremendous achievement 
of becoming an Eagle Scout.
  In 2019, Scouts BSA officially started accepting young women into its 
ranks. Becoming an Eagle Scout is a difficult and involved process and 
necessitates being a Life Scout for at least six months, earning at 
least 21 merit badges, demonstrating Scout Spirit and troop leadership, 
and creating an Eagle Project. The first young women to become Eagle 
Scouts were accepted in 2020.
  Quinn is a hard worker, dedicated to Scouting. She earned more than 
40 merit badges, and was chosen by her peers to hold the position of 
Senior Patrol Leader. She splits her time between three different 
units, including a BSA Troop, Sea Scout Ship, and a Venture Crew.
  Quinn's Eagle Project was largely centered around the COVID-19 
Pandemic. While taking a COVID test, she remarked to her family that 
the hardworking staff looked like they needed a good meal. In a 
combination of looking to support frontline workers and the suffering 
restaurant industry, Quinn raised more than $10,000 to support local 
restaurants, providing more than 1,000 meals to essential workers and 
first responders. For her dedication to Scouting and her efforts to 
support the community, Quinn was nominated for Eagle Scout

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of the Year by the Allegheny Highlands Council.
  Quinn's education never suffered despite her dedication to the Scouts 
BSA program. She remains a straight-A student, a class officer at 
Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, and earned the service award for 
her class with more than 100 hours of volunteer work over the past 
year.
  I am proud to know Quinn personally and can speak to her sterling 
character. Quinn has loving and supportive parents, Michael Flaherty 
and Summer Przybylak, and a doting stepfather, Tom Przybylak, who 
himself earned his Eagle Scout in 1994. I am confident that their proud 
guidance and support helped Quinn earn this remarkable achievement.
  In her Eagle Scout Letter of Ambition, after noting her family 
history in Scouting, Quinn stated, ``I joined Scouting because I wanted 
to do something different, and a girl joining a century-old all-boy 
program was about as different as you could get.'' Quinn closed her 
letter by saying, ``I am a girl with dreams, a girl with plans. I am a 
girl with hope for the future. Now I get to add Eagle Scout to that 
list.''
  Madam Speaker, Quinn certainly does get to add that to the list. I 
ask that my colleagues join me in congratulating Quinn Caroline 
Flaherty of Cheektowaga on her achievement of becoming an Eagle Scout, 
and thanking her for her service to our community.

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