[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING ANGIE LEE ON BEING NAMED ONE OF THE PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF 
                        COMMUNITY AWARD WINNERS

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                          HON. PETER J. ROSKAM

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 11, 2016

  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to recognize Jungin 
``Angie'' Lee, an exceptional and accomplished young woman from 
Naperville, Illinois. Angie was recently named one of the top ten youth 
volunteers in the nation by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
   When Angie was just 15 months old, her family learned she had an 
autosomal recessive disease called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This 
genetic disorder causes debilitating and often fatal muscle weakness. 
Yet this disease did not stop Angie from helping people. Nine years 
ago, at the ripe age of 8, Angie and her friend, Kyra Scadden, started 
a nonprofit called ``Angie's Hope'' to raise money for SMA research.
   Since its inception, Angie's Hope has gone from raising $200, 
literally one penny at a time through a penny collection drive, to 
raising $40,000 in 2015. Through it all, Angie has never lost sight of 
the fact that individual efforts can change lives. Angie has helped 
raise over 200,000 dollars for SMA research with no plans to stop 
anytime soon. She is planning ``something big'' for the charity's 10th 
anniversary and would eventually like to expand the nonprofit to 
multiple states. Angie truly is an inspiration for all of us.
   Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Angie Lee on receiving 
her award and thanking her for the dedication and commitment she has 
displayed in her work.

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