[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 24164-24165]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATIONS TO CARY CRANE

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                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 27, 2005

  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Cary Crane--
the recipient of the 2005 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Award. Mr. Crane 
and his company, Apple & Eve, have for years been generous enough to 
provide juice beverage products to the nation's less fortunate through 
Rock and Wrap It Up! Inc., a nonprofit, nonpartisan hunger relief 
organization Bill helped to found.
  Mr. Crane has been a true public servant in supplying nutritious food 
to those in need. He is the Cofounder and Executive Vice President of 
Apple & Eve, LLC a manufacturer of premium fruit juices, which donates 
heavily to Rock and Wrap It Up! to further their cause. This is just 
one area of service and philanthropy in Mr. Crane's life. He is also 
involved with many other charitable organizations, such as the 
Education Assistance Corporation, the American Diabetes Association, 
and Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
  Through his efforts, Mr. Crane is helping to advance the vision of my 
husband, Bill Emerson, for domestic food aid programs when he worked to 
pass the Good Samaritan Food Act, a law protecting these donations from 
liability. Bill's hopes for hunger relief in America were very high 
when he worked to make Rock and

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Wrap It Up! possible in 1990. Following in his dream, Mr. Crane is an 
ideal recipient of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Award.
  Rock and Wrap It Up! is a volunteer hunger relief charity, which has 
fed over 20 million since its inception. With over 4,000 volunteers in 
500 cities across America, its dedicated supporters recover food in 
schools, colleges, music concerts, sporting events, and political and 
corporate functions. Rock and Wrap It Up! was adopted by resolution in 
2003 by the United States Conference of Mayors to teach its successful 
strategies to cities to fill America's food pipeline to feed the 
indigent.
  Cary Crane and Apple & Eve are a major reason the program continues 
to gain notoriety and grow. They are proof that our commitment to feed 
America's hungry can always use new initiative and better ideas. As 
long as there are men, women, and children who need the helping hand of 
other Americans, we are glad that there are gentlemen like Mr. Crane.
  Thank you for your kind service to our nation, Mr. Crane. 
Congratulations on earning the 2005 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Award. 
Best of luck to you as you continue your noble work helping to improve 
the lives of the less fortunate in our great nation.

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