[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SERVICE LEADERS SUMMIT

 Mr. BAYH. Mr. President, I rise today to tell you about the 
extraordinary young Hoosiers I recently had the privilege to meet. Last 
month, I hosted my first annual Service Leaders Summit to honor high 
school students from across Indiana for their service and dedication to 
their communities and hopefully to inspire them to continue serving 
throughout their lives.
  The young men and women I met last month have answered the call to 
service. Some of them have helped build homes, some tutored and 
mentored younger students, and others have raised money for cancer 
research and to feed the hungry. Several of the young men and women 
started service clubs to address the problems in their schools and 
communities. Each one of the students I met spent hours making a 
difference in their hometowns and together they impacted the lives of 
thousands of Hoosiers.
  The student leaders heard from Hoosiers of all backgrounds who have 
chosen to dedicate their lives to serving others. The speakers focused 
on the different aspects that go into a successful service project: 
inspiration, organization, dedication, evaluation and reflection. 
Following the speeches, the students broke up into different groups and 
participated in service projects throughout Indianapolis. Some students 
distributed coats to children of needy families, while others planted 
trees in the rain, cleaned up a park and beautified a neighborhood. 
Through their work together, the leaders were able to experience the 
dramatic results of the power of service.
  Robert F. Kennedy once said that ``Some men see things as they are 
and say `Why?' I dream of things that never were and say, `Why not?''' 
Each one of the young men and women have already asked themselves ``why 
not?'' and have worked to make positive changes in their communities. 
These students represent a new generation of promise with the potential 
to make a real difference across Indiana and the nation.
  I would like to thank each one of the following individuals for 
participating in the summit and for their service to their communities: 
Ruchika Agrawal, Brooke Allen, Santiago Alvarez, Ricky Anderson, Tracy 
Anderson, Mary Anderson-Clark, Todd William Ault, Audrey Ballinger, 
Katherine Ban Wyk, Brenda Banks, Meghan Beeman, Nicole Blauvelt, 
Stephanie Bobcek, Jared Michael Bond, Thomas Borders, Jason Born, 
Samantha Brown, Brittany Brumfield, Michael Brunsman, Jordan Bruse, 
Jeremy Burton, Danielle Cave, Brett Claxton, Erin Clifford, Heather 
Coffman, Sarah Copley, Donald Davenport, Adrienne Davis, Matthew J. 
Day, Emily DeCamp, Todd Dell'Aquila, Hallie Denstorff, Rachel 
Dickerson, Carrie L. Doherty, Megan Drudy, Bryan T. Engh, Kaylee Fagg, 
Patrick Fenning, Whitney Mariah Fish, Matthew Fosler, Josh Gilbert, 
Stephanie Giles, Laura Glasebrook, Emily Gordon, Ronald Derries Gordon, 
Nathan Daniel Graber, Philip Graves, Stephanie Grider, Leigh Gusky, 
Mathew Guiterrez, Angela Hagerman, Lauren Kathleen Hanger, Thomas 
Haynes, Keenan Hecht, Jason Heck, Rebecca Jean Helms, Breanna 
Herschelman, Marc Hertz, Lindsay Holliman, Rachel Howser, Kellen 
Hubert, Ana Maria Huffman, Jenny Jackaway, Jayne Jeffries, Adam Jochim, 
Kyle Keaffaber, James William Kepner, Sarah Kittle, Hannah Laughlin, 
Kevin Lavery, Claire Lawless, Natalie Leach, Devon Lee, Leah Danielle 
Lee, Jonathan Lough, Bethany Lynch, Amy Maple, Stephanie Marshall, 
Katelyn McCool, Nathan Alan McGuire, Jeanna McKinzie, Latisha McMichel, 
Megan Meyers, Jala Miller, Jessica Muehr, Suzanne Natz, Chenai Saaku 
Netty, Laura Nicholson, Amanda Niehaus, Colin Grant Northeatt, Kathleen 
M. O'Brien, Amanda Oldham, Sophia Percival, Cara Perry, Tyler Lee 
Phelps, Helen Pirrie, Emily Poe, Alex Pollock, Miranda Polston, Andrea 
Poppe, Frank Pottorff, Dustin William Potts, Joseph Andrew Powell, 
Kristin Pryor, LaTrea Reed, Alex Richardson, Bryan Rogers, Michael 
Joseph Root, Helanie Rosinko, Molli K. Schaeffer, Travis Schamber, 
Jennifer Schlatter, Jennifer Schoenle, Ryan Schroer, Jessica Schulert, 
James Scott, Ryne R. Shadday, Derek Shaul, Chad Sinclair, Anita Sivam, 
Christian Michael Smeltzer, Paul A. Smith, Ellen Eileen Sojka, Kala 
Spangle, Katie L. Strohm, Ashlie Sullivan, Brett Taylor, Laura 
Thurston, Kavya S. Vaidyanathan, Leigh A. Vanarsdall, Brittany Nicole 
Waddle, Melissa Wadley, Laura Wagner, Kathleen Waldrew, Jacquie Walker, 
Caitlin Walsh, Frank Walsh, Antonia Wang, Krista Warner, Andrew Wassel, 
Alison West, J.D. Willett, David Wood, Lili Xu, and Erin Youst.

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