[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21709]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE M&N AUGUSTINE FOUNDATION

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Merlin Augustine 
and the M&N Augustine Foundation for a decade of service to the third 
district of Arkansas. The M&N Augustine Foundation embodies the spirit 
of neighbor helping neighbor. Their mission is to help individuals who, 
through no fault of their own, are down on their luck. They have 
accomplished great things to this end, including finding housing for 
the homeless, moving moms off welfare into paying jobs, providing 
funeral expenses for those without life insurance, and making holidays 
like Halloween and Christmas more enjoyable for underprivileged 
children.
  I personally had a chance to help some of the foundation's 800-plus 
volunteers provide over 20,000 home-cooked meals to senior citizens, 
homeless individuals, and unemployed persons during their annual Easter 
Feed Program. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Augustine's contributions to our 
community are invaluable. He and the hundreds of volunteers of his 
foundation exemplify the spirit of charitable giving that President 
Bush so often speaks of, and I appreciate the opportunity to commend 
them here today.

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