[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 139 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E792-E793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING HOMETOWN HERO PAISLEY ELLIOT

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 25, 2023

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize our Texas-24 
Hometown Hero, 9-year-old philanthropist and Grapevine resident, 
Paisley Elliott. At just 6 years old, Paisley founded Paisley's Pals, a 
global non-profit that partners with organizations around the world to 
offer support and education to refugees. Her work has helped build a 
school at the Moria refugee camp in Greece, which is one of the most 
overwhelmed refugee camps in Europe, and she is now working to build a 
school in Uganda. Paisley spent the summer of 2019 organizing lemonade 
stands, handing out flyers in her community, distributing ``CHANGE'' 
jars to local businesses to collect loose change, and setting up a 
crowdfunding website to raise money for the school. She also hosted a 
``Helping Heroes'' event at the Islamic Foundation of Lewisville and 
Flower Mound where children came together to decorate superhero capes 
for the children stuck in the Moria Refugee Camp in Greece. Paisley was 
the youngest person in the world to be nominated for the Nansen Award, 
given annually to one person who champions the cause

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of refugees. I'd like to thank Paisley for all the work she does to 
educate and inspire not only her peers, but North Texans of all ages, 
and for bringing the community together to help empower the next 
generation.

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