[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          ANGELS OF ADDICTION

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                          HON. FRANK C. GUINTA

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 2016

  Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, Angels of Addiction is an organization 
created by Anne Marie Farley Zanfagna about a year after the death of 
her youngest daughter, Jacqueline Zanfagna. Jacqueline died of a heroin 
overdose on October 18, 2014. At the time of Jackie's death, her 
parents, Anne and Jim Zanfagna made the decision to be open with her 
cause of death, in hopes of raising awareness of heroin addiction.
  After Jacqueline passed away, Anne Marie, an artist who works with 
oil paints, found she could not paint. When she finally began to paint 
again, she painted a vibrant, joyful portrait of Jackie which she 
worked on over the period of a couple of months. Anne felt that the 
time spent working on her painting of Jacqueline was time spent with 
her daughter. Anne brought her painting of Jackie to the heroin 
addiction support group that she and her husband attend every third 
Sunday of the month in Plaistow, NH. Everyone at the meeting loved her 
painting and she offered to paint a portrait for another family who 
also lost their daughter to a heroin overdose.
  Anne Marie Zanfagna's portrait art raises awareness of the danger of 
heroin addiction. As heroin addiction has reached epidemic proportions 
in America, many families have lost children or loved ones to the 
addiction. Ultimately, Anne Marie plans to create a traveling art show 
of portraits of those who have succumbed to heroin addiction which she 
hopes to bring to the State House in New Hampshire and then across the 
nation, to the U.S. Capitol.
  Long term goals for Angels of Addictions include raising money for a 
yearly scholarship in Jacqueline Zanfagna's name for an outstanding 
student who plans to work in addiction recovery and art therapy. Angels 
of Addictions also plans to support other local addiction resources 
including a sober house for heroin addictions.

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