[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 140 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E888]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THOMPSON FALLS LOCAL AREA DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS 
      VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COORDINATOR, LARK CHADWICK

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                     HON. MATTHEW M. ROSENDALE, SR.

                               of montana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 30, 2022

  Mr. ROSENDALE. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Ms. Lark Chadwick, 
for her remarkable contributions to her community as Coordinator of the 
Disabled American Veterans Volunteer Transportation Network in Thompson 
Falls, Sanders County, MT.
  With many veterans in her own family and an extensive background 
teaching in the arts, in 2008 Ms. Chadwick offered up her skills in 
art, planning, and computers to expand her Local Area DAV VTN's 
operations, public relations, new logo, and driver handbook outline.
  In 2009, Ms. Chadwick took over the task of coordinating this 
chapter. As coordinator, she takes calls from veterans and books 
transports to their VA-approved medical appointments, calls volunteers 
to drive those transports, manages the vans, and reports monthly to the 
DAV Hospital Service Coordinator.
  Over the course of fourteen years, Ms. Chadwick has successfully 
coordinated approximately 4,200 rides for 240 veterans. While 
consistently managing a 12 person team, Ms. Chadwick has also willingly 
sefefeifabove and beyond by volunteering her time as a driver, and thus 
far has driven over approximately 30,000 miles to ensure that veterans 
are receiving the care they require.
  I also want to recognize Ms. Chadwick's tireless efforts to recruit 
more volunteer drivers to meet the needs of our veteran neighbors. 
Along with others in Sanders County, Ms. Chadwick helped establish 
Sanders County Veterans Transportation--a group dedicated to 
fundraising for the purchase and replacement of DAV Vans serving 
Sanders County. Through successful fundraising efforts from Ms. 
Chadwick and local residents, the Sanders County DAV van fleet now has 
three vans.
  Ms. Chadwick's service to Montana doesn't end with her DAV 
coordinating work. With a heart ready to protect the foundational 
concepts of freedom and our Constitution, in 2009 she also formed the 
Thompson Falls TEA Party, became involved with the Sanders County 
Republican Central Committee, and established the Montana Committee to 
Protect the Constitution.
  Ultimately, I want to commend and thank Ms. Chadwick for her 
selflessness and outstanding service to our veterans in Thompson Falls, 
Sanders County, Montana.

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