[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6881-6882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING ANGELA FOREMASTER

 Mr. HELLER. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate a 
student from my home State for being recognized as one of Nevada's top 
youth volunteers of 2012. Angela Foremaster, a senior at Legacy High 
School in Las Vegas, was honored with the Prudential Spirit of 
Community Award for her advocacy on behalf of foster children and 
homeless teens in the Greater Las Vegas area. I am proud to recognize 
Ms. Foremaster for this accomplishment as she serves as a role model 
for students across the nation striving to make a difference in the 
lives of America's youth.
  Having five adopted siblings, Ms. Foremaster understands the 
importance of supporting organizations that find adoptive families for 
children who wait in foster care. She has dedicated more than 1,000 
hours to foster organizations around Nevada to assist their efforts to 
provide a supportive community for children. One winter, as she helped 
a group prepare for the holiday season, Ms. Foremaster noticed that 
they weren't providing children with stockings for Christmas. This 
experience encouraged her to hang flyers, asking for donations and 
small gifts to help her fill stockings for adoptive children and 
displaced teens. Ms. Foremaster was thrilled to receive generous 
donations that enabled her to fill 250 stockings to help bring the 
holiday spirit to kids in needs.
  I am so appreciative that Ms. Foremaster is raising awareness of the 
needs of our country's struggling youth. In this tough economic period, 
America's children deserve our attention more than ever. Since coming 
to Congress, I have supported legislation that assists individuals who 
have fallen on hard times, recognizing the importance of temporary 
safety nets. It is of paramount importance in this distressed economy 
that we keep the needs of our most vulnerable at the forefront while 
focusing on solutions to

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our nation's long-term economic problems.
  I ask my colleagues to join me today in congratulating a young 
Nevadan for her incredible determination to assist our nation's youth. 
The citizens of Las Vegas are fortunate to have such a generous 
volunteer who selflessly gives back to her community and exemplifies 
the very best America's youth has to offer.

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