[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATIONS TO ROYAL OAK LIONS CLUB

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 2003

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the Royal Oak Lions 
Club on the occasion of their 75th anniversary.
  The Royal Oak Lions Club, founded in 1928, has indeed taken up the 
challenge that Helen Keller presented to the International Lions 
Convention in 1925. She asked them to expand their interests and 
include services to the blind and the visually impaired.
  The Royal Oak Lions Club has offered their dedicated service to 
numerous programs and organizations, including Leader Dogs for the 
Blind, the Penrickton Center for Multiply Handicapped Children, Lions 
Visually Impaired Camp, scholarships for hearing-impaired students at 
Madonna University, and the Beaumont Silent Children's speech program. 
Not only has this community-minded institution devoted its effort to 
these programs, it has also provided essential support to a myriad of 
services for our youth and vital community-based charities.
  The Royal Oak Lions Club and its membership are important parts of 
the fabric of the Royal Oak and Southeast Oakland County community.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing their 
longstanding commitment to public service and wishing the Royal Oak 
Lions Club continued success in all of their important endeavors.

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