[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17353-17354]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF REVEREND FRED COBETT

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                          HON. SAXBY CHAMBLISS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 19, 2002

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize Reverend Fred 
Cobett, Children's Minister to Calvary Assembly of God in Dunwoody, 
Georgia, for taking on an unusual role to teach children how to help 
other children, while raising money for mission work.
  At the request of the children he works with, Pastor Cobett agreed to 
spend seven entire

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days on the ledge of a billboard forty feet above interstate 285 in 
Atlanta for a fundraiser called Up in the Air for Kids. This event is 
part of the Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade, a non-profit 
organization founded by the Assemblies of God Church that exists to 
reach the children of the world by creating a heart of compassion in 
the children they lead. The Up in the Air for Kids project is geared 
specifically toward raising community awareness of the needs of 
children around the world who are living in poverty. Nine other states 
nationwide are also participating in this benefit and hope to reach a 
cumulative goal of $1 million. Pastor Cobett's goal for Georgia is to 
raise $100,000 that will be distributed among four separate charities 
including Convoy of Hope, Latin America Child Care, Africa's Children, 
and Asia's Little Ones.
  As the son of a minister, I have a special affinity for Pastor Cobett 
and his ministry. It's a high calling, and I commend him for dedicating 
his life to teaching children the principles of charity, generosity, 
and goodwill in this creative manner.

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