[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3963-3964]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      THE GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION'S SUPER SUNDAY PHONATHON

  (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, continuing on its long tradition of

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service to all of us in the south Florida area, the Greater Miami 
Jewish Federation will hold its annual super Sunday phonathon this 
coming weekend, and this charitable event unites volunteers from 
throughout our area in an effort to raise the funds to provide 
necessary services to the many needy individuals in south Florida, but 
it extends even wider, to Israel and 60 other countries throughout the 
world.
  As in past years, hundreds of volunteers will help raise funds that 
will be destined to programs that will provide free hot meals to poor 
elderly in our community who otherwise might go hungry. It will also 
assist youngsters learn more about the Jewish experience through 
educational programs that it offers. Moreover, Jewish refugees will be 
assisted with the funds through a resettlement program that aims to 
help these displaced persons begin a new life free of persecution from 
their native homelands.
  The Greater Miami Jewish Federation of south Florida has become a 
source of pride and support for all of us in south Florida, but in 
particular to those who are needy. For decades, it has been the leading 
community activist organization that has served the less fortunate. The 
work of this outstanding organization is an example of how the private 
sector can help the less fortunate in the community at a time of 
dwindling government resources, and they do so with great 
effectiveness.
  I congratulate the Greater Miami Jewish Federation on its continuing 
efforts to help the poor in our community and wish them the best of 
success to all of those involved in this worthwhile event, and I urge 
all of our south Florida community to come out this super Sunday and 
become one of the many volunteers helping the Greater Miami Jewish 
Federation in its very successful phonathon.

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