[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           COMCAST CARES DAY

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                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 23, 2009

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize the 
more than 1,200 employees from Broward and Miami-Dade Counties who will 
volunteer to benefit Samuel Delevoe Park and Oleta River State Park on 
Saturday, April 25th for Comcast Cares Day.
  Volunteers and their families will join together to landscape 
facility grounds, paint and enhance two of Florida's parks. This event 
will mark the eighth annual company-wide day of service.
  Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to commend Comcast and its employees 
for their service to our community at a time when our nation faces 
enormous challenges.
  Families are losing jobs, health care, and other key services. Our 
public needs are growing while our resources for meeting them are 
disappearing.
  As a mother of three young children, I believe that service is the 
lifeblood of this country.
  Volunteers can play many roles. They teach in our classrooms; clean 
up our waterways, roads and parks; care for the elderly; and feed the 
hungry. All the while, they learn valuable skills that will help them 
throughout their lives.
  I hope that the selfless actions of the Comcast employees and their 
families will serve as an inspiration for other Americans to enrich 
their own lives by helping others and giving back to their communities.

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