[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22781]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING EVERETT H. SHAPIRO

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 14, 2002

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Everett H. Shapiro of 
Santa Rosa, CA, on the occasion of a tribute to his role as Trustee 
Emeritus of Social Advocates for Youth (SAY). SAY has focused services 
on children and their families since 1971, and Mr. Shapiro has been a 
trustee for 13 years.
  SAY operates 25 programs in Sonoma County that assist 10,000 families 
per year in becoming caring, productive, and responsible members of the 
community. Mr. Shapiro's life embodies a spirit of dedication to 
children that makes him a perfect match for SAY's mission. In addition 
to his support of children's causes, he is well-known to thousands of 
young locals as the man who has handed out an estimated 250,000 Tootsie 
Rolls to them over 50 years.
  As a fan of Don Quixote, Snoopy, and the Marx brothers, Mr. Shapiro's 
focus has always been on doing good deeds with a sense of humor as 
strong as his sense of caring. To many who have received his phone 
calls, he will always be known as ``God'' or ``Robert Redford.''
  Mr. Shapiro is proud of having lived his entire life in Santa Rosa, 
the son of Russian Jewish emigrants. He and his wife Phyllis raised 
their two sons, Tad and David, in the community. After graduating from 
UC Berkeley and serving two years in the army, he joined the family 
wool buying business. He learned to value the diverse agriculture of 
Sonoma County and appreciate the ranching life style, but when Tad 
began kindergarten, Mr. Shapiro began law school. He graduated in 1967 
just before his fortieth birthday and began practicing business, 
probate, and personal injury law. He has served in numerous 
professional organizations such as California Trial Lawyers 
Association, Sonoma County Bar Association, and American Arbitration 
Association. Tad and David, are now lawyers as well.
  Always devoted to Santa Rosa and the community at large, some of his 
other community activities have included The Boy Scouts of America, 
Sonoma County Junior Achievement, B'nai Brith, Special Olympics, Red 
Cross, Kid's Street Theatre, Santa Rosa Human Rights Commission, Canine 
Companions, Rotary Club, Gray Foundation, and the Schulz Museum. He has 
received numerous awards including the Spirit of Santa Rosa Award from 
the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce and is recognized as a Paul Harris 
Fellow by the Rotary Foundation.
  Mr. Speaker, Everett Shapiro's record of caring and leadership 
embodies the term he often uses to describe the folks in his home 
town--he's a ``quality human being'' whose life shows us how much this 
means to the community of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County.

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