[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16249]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                COMMENDING PROJECT GIVEBACK'S VOLUNTEERS

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 20, 2014

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the more than 500 
volunteers who will gather at the District of Columbia's Columbia 
Heights Educational Campus Saturday, November 22, 2014, to begin 
packing and distributing Thanksgiving parcels for Project GiveBack's 
20th Annual Food Distribution. Their efforts provide over 1,500 
families in the National Capital Area with wholesome Thanksgiving 
dinners.
  Ransom Miller III founded Project GiveBack in 1995. In its first 
year, six local families and one shelter received food baskets. Over 
the next two decades, this small effort grew to serve 3,500 families in 
locations across the country, including Washington, D.C.; Dallas, 
Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Tulsa, Oklahoma; St. Louis, Missouri; 
and Denver, Colorado.
  Project GiveBack's scope has also grown to include: Children's Toy 
Drive, to provide toys for children in low-income families; Children's 
Easter Celebration, to provide a safe and fun atmosphere for children 
in Southeast D.C. to celebrate the spiritual meaning of Easter; 
Computer Sponsor Program, to assist local schools and community 
organizations in the acquisition of more than 100 laptops and personal 
computers; and Youth EXPOSURE Program, to connect students of various 
backgrounds and to expose them to a wide range of experiences that will 
spark career aspirations, ingenuity, and creativity.
  Project GiveBack is achieving its mission to be a vehicle for firms 
and professionals to give back to the communities where they work and 
live in by coordinating programs that benefit less fortunate 
individuals and families, with a focus on children. It is the intent of 
the organization to uplift communities around the United States 
mentally, spiritually, and economically.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to join me in commending Project 
GiveBack's volunteers and sponsors and may they soon join the more than 
650,000 residents in our nation's capital in thanksgiving for full 
representation for D.C. in Congress.

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