[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6057]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING REBUILDING TOGETHER WAYCROSS

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Rebuilding Together Waycross and all the hard work of its volunteers.
  The Rebuilding Together organization rebuilds family homes for 
veterans, people with disability, and low-income families, with the 
goal of a safe and healthy home for each person in the community.
  The nonprofit organization was founded in 1973 in Midland, Texas, by 
a small group of people who noticed the need to refurbish homes in 
their community. In the beginning, the group worked on those homes once 
a year each April, but by 1988, Rebuilding Together gained national 
recognition.
  Rebuilding Together now has over 100,000 volunteers who complete 
10,000 projects each year and has spread to rebuilding homes in 
Waycross, Georgia. Rebuilding Together Waycross is one of four 
Rebuilding Together networks in the State of Georgia.
  I want to thank everyone who is a part of Rebuilding Together, and 
especially Rebuilding Together Waycross, for the hard work and for the 
life-changing services that this group has provided to families across 
America.

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