[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING SISTER PAULA DelGROSSO

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 17, 2005

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Sister Paula 
DelGrosso of the Carmelite Community of the Word, Altoona, 
Pennsylvania, as the recipient of the 2005 John Riley Human Relations 
Award for community service. This award is presented each year to an 
individual who has performed outstanding and meritorious service to the 
community of Altoona through personal efforts by enhancing the dignity 
and worth of its citizens. This award is presented by the Blair County 
Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and is 
now in its sixteenth year of giving this award. The Pennsylvania Human 
Relations Commission has served the citizens of Pennsylvania faithfully 
since 1955 fighting the practice or policy of discrimination against 
individuals or groups by reason of their race, color, familial status, 
creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin or disability.
  Sister DelGrosso is receiving this award in recognition for her 
lifelong commitment to the community of Altoona, but in particular for 
her special efforts over the past fourteen years as Director of the St. 
Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen and Food for Families Food Bank in Altoona. 
Under Sister DelGrosso's guidance, the dining hall at St. Vincent 
DePaul's has been able to provide over 35,000 meals every year to needy 
people in the community. Thanks in large part to her steadfast 
leadership, the kitchen at St. Vincent DePaul's enjoys support from 
various segments of the community ranging from the religious to the 
financial and from the public to the private sector. These are people 
within the community of Altoona who share different philosophies, 
beliefs and opinions, yet Sister DelGrosso has been able to bring them 
together in support of a worthy cause.
  Sister Paula has led a life filled with compassion and dignity. Born 
in the town of Altoona, the daughter of Thomas and Mary DelGrosso, 
Sister Paula graduated from Altoona Area High School and Mt. Aloysius, 
before going on to graduate with a B.S. in Education from St. Francis 
University, and a Masters Degree and Supervision Certificate in 
Guidance and Counseling from Duquesne University. Her passion for 
education has imbued her life as she has served in the field of 
education for thirty-four years, with sixteen being spent as an 
elementary and secondary school teacher and eighteen years as Assistant 
Superintendent of Schools for the Altoona/Johnstown Diocese.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate Sister Paula DelGrosso for 
her lifelong commitment to the community of Altoona and I am proud to 
call Sister Paula a constituent.

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