[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING AND RECOGNIZING THE DIOCESE OF ST. CLOUD CATHOLIC CHARITIES' 
                        MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM

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                         HON. MICHELE BACHMANN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 15, 2008

  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize and pay honor to 
the immense service the Meals on Wheels Association of America, MOWAA, 
has made to the most vulnerable senior citizens of our Nation. The 
MOWAA represents a number of member senior nutrition programs in each 
State throughout the country, including several in Minnesota.
  This organization represents America's commitment to community 
service by restoring dignity and respect to all citizens, regardless of 
race or religion. In addition, their annual March for Meals campaigns 
have served as a platform to raise funds, create awareness, and 
increase the number of volunteers to enhance the association and its 
critical objectives.
  I would particularly like to commend the Meals on Wheels program run 
by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud. They provide hot, 
nutritious meals and deliver them to frail, homebound seniors.
  Since its humble beginnings in Great Britain during World War II and 
the first American home-delivered meal program in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, in January of 1954, Meals on Wheels has provided 
vulnerable senior Americans with not only a warm meal, but also a warm 
heart. There is nothing greater in life than a person's self-respect, 
and the MOWAA has made that ideal a cornerstone of their mission and 
organization.
  Madam Speaker, it is my honor to recognize today the selfless 
commitment of the Meals on Wheels Association of America and its 
dedicated volunteers across the country. It is through their service 
that we can be proud to call ourselves Americans.

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