[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15064-15065]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             THE CHRISTINA-TAYLOR GREEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

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                            HON. RON BARBER

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 2, 2012

  Mr. BARBER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Christina-
Taylor Green Memorial Foundation.
  Christina-Taylor Green was only nine years old when she lost her life 
on January 8, 2011 during a violent attack at Congresswoman Gabrielle 
Giffords' Congress On Your Corner event in Tucson. Although Christina-
Taylor was tragically taken from us on that dark day, her spirit will 
live on forever.
  In the months after Christina-Taylor's death, her grieving parents, 
John and Roxanna Green, created the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial 
Foundation to honor their beloved daughter and her hopes and dreams. 
The foundation has the goal of making the Tucson community as good as 
Christina-Taylor imagined it by helping local schoolchildren who are in 
need.
  On November 2 and 3, the Tucson Conquistadores Foundation is 
partnering with the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation to hold 
Birdies & Butterflies, the year's premier sports entertainment 
fundraiser in Southern Arizona. The event will feature Tommy Lasorda, 
the legendary former manager of the

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Los Angeles Dodgers, pro golfer and U.S. Senior Open champion Don 
Pooley and other pro and college sports celebrities.
  The name of the event pays tribute to Christina-Taylor's last 
drawing. In December 2010, her third-grade teacher gave the class an 
assignment to create a winged insect that represented who they are 
inside. Christina-Taylor drew a beautiful striped green and blue 
butterfly with big dark eyes and wings that reached toward the sky. 
That drawing has become the logo of the foundation that now bears 
Christina-Taylor's name.
  I am proud to recognize the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial 
Foundation on the occasion of Birdies & Butterflies that is being held 
in Tucson today and tomorrow. It is a worthwhile community endeavor 
honoring Christina-Taylor's vision for what our community can be. This 
beautiful young girl continues to inspire us all.

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