[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8186-8187]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING THE BEACON FOR ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 1, 2012

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
BEACON for Adult Literacy Program Volunteers.
  BEACON for Adult Literacy is an award-winning non-profit proudly 
serving the adult literacy needs of the Northern Virginia community for 
20 years. In its first year BEACON served 30 learners; today BEACON 
serves over 400 adults a year. Over 3,500 low-income non-native 
Americans have gained English-language literacy skills over the past 
two decades.
  It is my honor to enter into the Congressional Record the names of 
volunteers for BEACON for Adult Literacy Program:
  Brendan Baldwin, Sally Harrison, Richard Corbett, Carole O' Sullivan, 
Martisa Brown, Corinne DeGrazia, Sasha Haleblian, Donna

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McNeally, David Covin, Robert Lynch, Ed Walsh, Brian Bell, Erika 
Arellano, Gene Strausbaugh, Alex Kersis, Ruth Porter, Henry Hastings, 
James McPheeters, Star Muir, Ilana Naylor, Erica Seymour, James 
Gillespie, Skip Brown, James Porter, David House, Joyce Rozier, James 
Sowers, Suzanne Morgan, Tina Cox, Jane Arseneault, Satya Khadka, James 
Drummond Jr., Janet Radzimski, Jessica Higham, Jean Gentry, Pat 
Hodgdon, Jeanne Endrikat, Richard Flaherty, Anne Walsh, Jim Zech, 
Carmalla Coley, Yolanda Daniels, Joan Appleton Costanza, Venkat 
Viswanathan, Kelley Studholme, Armena Springs, Nancy Schalk, Lianetta 
Ruettgers, William McGuire, Liz Alcauska, David McDermott, Bob Schlipp, 
LTC Peter Stenner, Sue Kang, Vivek Koppikar, Martha Walsh, Jayne Hazen, 
Melissa MacIntyre, Nancy Nelson, Katherine DeSilva, Patrick McNeally, 
Caroline Zong, Jeanne Lynch, Rhonda Vanover, Clara Hipp, Robert Brown, 
Karen Shankles, John Manning, Robert Mechler, Ruth Passarge, Joyce 
Andrew, Robert Stinson, Jim Hipp, Roberta Knussmann, Justin Terry, 
Rosanne Schubring, Fabiana Parker, Rosie Jones, Aaron Burdick, Bob 
Sowers, Ruth Thomas, Doris Thomas, Sheri McGlothlin, Lyn Hildebrandt, 
Leslie Stagg, Sonya Jacob, Martha Muirhead, Tiffany Laseter, Walter 
Godlewski, William Cratty, and Sister Theresa Anderson.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in commending the 
volunteers of the BEACON for Adult Literacy Program and in thanking 
them for their dedication to our community.

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