[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 25, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3531-S3532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       TRIBUTE TO LYNETTE KAICHEN

 Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I am honored to recognize Lynette 
Kaichen of Effingham as June's Granite Stater of the Month. Lynette 
founded an organization that provides clothing to children being placed 
in emergency foster care.
  Ten years ago, Lynette and her husband became foster parents for 
children in emergency cases. In an emergency removal, kids going into 
foster care have little time to pack a bag with personal items or 
clothes, which means that most kids show up to their foster home with 
nothing of their own. Lynette was frustrated by the lack of support for 
these children, who are already going through a traumatic experience 
and have often lost everything, and by the fact that they have to move 
into a new and unfamiliar situation without any possessions. She knew 
that emergency foster parents would likely have some toiletries and 
toys or books ready, but the main problem that she ran into was not 
being able to plan ahead and have the correct size of clothing on hand. 
Lynette realized that if an organization could have every size of 
clothing ready ahead of time, every child in a foster home could have 
the clothes that they need.
  Lynette decided to take action. She started The Pass Along Project 
from her kitchen table, putting together kits full of over a week's 
worth of clothing and shoes in every possible size from newborn to 
adult, ready to be delivered on short notice to a foster parent giving 
a child a home. Over the past 8 years, the organization has grown to 
include a warehouse in Pembroke, and The Pass Along Project now serves 
more than 500 children across New Hampshire each year. Lynette's goal 
is to be able to provide kits for all children in our State in foster 
care and also those who have entered the care of their relatives under 
similar circumstances.

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  Lynette's dedication to supporting to children that are going through 
a difficult time is an outstanding example of the Granite State spirit 
of stepping up to help those in need. Her compassion and attentiveness 
to children entering foster care is why I am proud to name her June's 
Granite Stater of the Month.

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