[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8824-8825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 IN RECOGNITION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF MACOMB COUNTY'S RETIRED AND 
                        SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

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                          HON. DAVID E. BONIOR

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 21, 2001

  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the 15th 
anniversary of one of

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Macomb County's most helpful and caring volunteer organizations, the 
Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Since 1986, they have been 
providing outstanding assistance to seniors in and around my district.
  An organization of senior citizens and retirees, the RSVP's mission 
is to provide independent living assistance to other seniors. They 
serve an invaluable role in the community as peer companions and aides. 
Whether they are delivering meals, helping administratively at senior 
centers, or just playing chess with a lonely patient, the volunteers of 
the Macomb RSVP are helping return the luster to the golden years of so 
many of our senior citizens.
  I would like to thank each and every one of the volunteers who give 
their time and energy through the RSVP. They take advantage of their 
good health, good natures, and good hearts to assist those not as 
blessed by circumstance. To those they visit and assist, they truly are 
one of life's blessings.
  I urge my colleagues to not only recognize Macomb County's RSVP group 
on their 15 years of service, but also to seek out, and if necessary 
take an active role in creating a Retired and Senior Volunteer 
Organization in other communities, and support their efforts to care 
for our elder population.

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