[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING NYASHA SPROW AS A STATE HONOREE IN THE 2010 PRUDENTIAL 
                   SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARDS PROGRAM

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 28, 2010

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Nyasha Sprow from Prince William County, Va., for being a state honoree 
in the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program. Nyasha is a 
volunteer with the Prince William Chapter of the American Red Cross and 
a seventh-grader at Virginia Virtual Academy. Additionally, she has 
become a passionate advocate for organ and tissue donation.
  Nyasha has become a spokesperson for the National Kidney foundation 
and she works to stress both the importance of protecting one's organs 
and the need for more organ donors. She makes presentations at 
elementary schools, distributes literature at health fairs and 
community events and does interviews with the local news media. 
Furthermore, Nyasha participates in fund-raising events sponsored by 
the National Kidney Foundation and the Regional Transplant Community 
and has further spread the word about organ donation as a contestant in 
the National American Miss pageant.
  Madam Speaker, Nyasha Sprow represents the best of our nation's 
youth, and her work with organ and tissue donation demonstrates her 
dedication to helping those around her. I congratulate her on this 
award and wish her well in all of her future endeavors.

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