[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5407]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING VOLUNTEERS FROM YARDLEY, PENNSYLVANIA

 Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, today, I would like to acknowledge 
the great work of volunteers in Yardley, PA, especially the students at 
Pennsbury High School who have been selected as the 2012 Make a 
Difference Day winners. Make a Difference Day is a celebration of 
neighbors helping neighbors, and this annual day of service mobilizes 
more than 3 million volunteers to effect change in their communities.
  This group of outstanding volunteers from Yardley, PA is led by Neha 
Gupta. Neha founded Empower Orphans, a non-profit organization that has 
leveraged $325,000 in donations and grants to clothe and feed Indian 
children, create a sewing center and set up libraries at four schools. 
Near to her home in Bucks County, PA, Neha, now 15, identified children 
in need. In the months leading up to Make a Difference Day, Neha and a 
group of volunteers gathered 3,000 books and bought colorful 
furnishings for the neighboring Feltonville Intermediate School 
library. On Make a Difference Day, the team cleaned up, decorated and 
stocked the shelves of the library. Since October's project, Neha has 
also started an Empower Orphans club at her high school and plans to 
hold a Make a Difference Day Project every year.
  I wish to congratulate Neha and her team and thank them for their 
ser-vice.

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