[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3114-3115]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         DINA KIM RECEIVES PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate Dina Kim, a senior at State College Area High School, 
located in Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District, on earning the 
national President's Volunteer Service Award.
  This award honors people across the Nation who have volunteered 100 
hours per year or more in service to their communities. Dina has worked 
for years as a translator for Compassion Korea and was a former 
volunteer in Malaysia, helping to teach English to refugee students.
  Dina started volunteering with Compassion Korea when she was in fifth

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grade. The organization allows people from around the world to sponsor 
a child in need from another country. Dina works to translate letters 
from children to their sponsor families in Korean.
  Dina Kim estimates that she has accumulated 600 hours of volunteer 
service both in State College, her former home in Texas, and in 
Malaysia.
  She will graduate this year and plans to attend college, majoring in 
linguistics. She is an example of the great contributions young people 
can bring to the communities we serve. I congratulate Dina on this 
award and wish her the best of luck in the future.

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