[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3270]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF HOPE WENG, THE PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARDS 
                          PROGRAM 2016 HONOREE

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                          HON. KYRSTEN SINEMA

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 15, 2016

  Ms. SINEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Hope Weng, a young 
student from my district who is one of two students to receive national 
recognition for exemplary volunteer service in her community. Ms. Weng 
of Tempe has just been named the 2016 Middle Level State Honoree by The 
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, an annual honor 
conferred on the most impressive student volunteers in each state and 
the District of Columbia.
  Ms. Weng, an eighth-grade student at Tempe Preparatory Academy, 
delivered 100 care packages containing cookies, thank-you cards and 
self-penned essays to residents of a veterans home to honor their 
service. After writing an essay about veterans and having met with a 
veteran at a local VFW post, Ms. Weng was inspired to initiate a 
project that would honor and show appreciation to our veterans. Ms. 
Weng achieved her goal by creating a budget and then raising the funds 
through the sale of Girl Scout cookies, hosting a garage sale, winning 
a writing contest, saving her Chinese New Year gift money and 
soliciting donations. She engaged the community by having individuals 
write messages of gratitude in her thank-you cards.
  Thanks to Ms. Weng's dedication to service, 100 Arizona veterans 
received thoughtful care packages. Members, please join me in 
congratulating Ms. Weng for being named one of the top honorees in 
Arizona by The 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. Ms. 
Weng, congratulations on all of your accomplishments and thank you for 
recognizing and honoring our veterans.

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