[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6080]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IN HONOR OF CALVIN JONES

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 7, 2012

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, Calvin Jones, called CJ, has been involved 
with the Mount Vernon Boys and Girls Club, and counseling the youth of 
Mt. Vernon for more than 40 years. CJ first came to the Mt. Vernon 
Boy's Club at the age of 12 after he and another boy were seen fighting 
by then Director Dick Cuputo who stopped the fight and asked them to 
instead join the Club.
  He would ask CJ, now a member, to help with odd jobs around the Boys 
Club and through his efforts and merit CJ was made a ``Lifetime 
Member'' of the Boys Club. In 1972 CJ was recruited by his brother 
James, who was Athletic Director and a basketball coach at the North 
Side unit of the Mount Vernon Boys and Girls Club, to become a 
basketball coach. Since then CJ has been a mentor and counselor for 
thousands of children who have grown to become men and women living and 
serving in communities across America.
  CJ has always stressed education and being a ``Student Athlete'' over 
just being an athlete. He continues to work at the Mount Vernon Boys 
and Girls Club as the Athletic Director and Head/Director of the Mount 
Vernon ``Elite'' AAU Basketball program.
  Calvin Jones is being honored by the Henry Allen Educational & 
Learning Foundation for his decades of good work for and among the 
youth of Mount Vernon. His motto, relevant to all of us, is that we 
should listen to our children because they have a lot to say and need 
to be heard.
  I am proud to join with the Foundation in honoring CJ for his work in 
inculcating wise counsel into our young boys and girls, the fruit of 
which is growing and thriving across the country.

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