[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12295]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING ROTAPLAST INTERNATIONAL

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2017

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Rotaplast 
International's 25th Anniversary of enabling children across the world 
with cleft lips and palates to receive life-changing surgery.
  Founded in 1992 as part of the Rotary Club of San Francisco by its 
members Dr. Angelo Capozzi and Peter Lagarias, Rotaplast has since 
sponsored over 200 missions that have helped over 18,000 children 
worldwide. From the fast mission to La Serena in northern Chile, 
Rotaplast has been saving smiles and changing lives in 26 countries, 
including Chile, Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico, the Philippines, India, 
Ethiopia, and Tanzania.
  Rotaplast is able to do this tremendous work because of the thousands 
of medical professionals and Rotarians who volunteer countless hours of 
their time to this worthy endeavor. Multi-disciplinary teams of medical 
professionals travel around the world to provide free training to care 
for the children, in addition to the free reconstructive surgery. These 
volunteers help foster Rotaplast's mission of building goodwill among 
people from different countries, languages, cultures, and ways of life, 
and the education Rotaplast provides its patients and their families 
will help improve lives long after Rotaplast leaves.
  Thanks to the support of Rotary International and the many Rotary 
Clubs and Districts around the world who have participated in this 
program, Rotaplast International's work in my district and around the 
world has been exemplary. It is therefore fitting to honor and thank 
Rotaplast for 25 years of success in changing children's lives and 
adhering to Rotary International's motto of ``doing good in the 
world.'' I offer them my sincere congratulations and best wishes for 
many more years of service.

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