[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  TRIBUTE: ALPHA DELTA KAPPA INTERNATIONAL HONORARY ORGANIZATION FOR 
                            WOMEN EDUCATORS

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                             HON. MO BROOKS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2017

  Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the Alpha 
Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators on 
sixty-nine years of dedicated service, and proclaim October 2016 as 
Alpha Delta Kappa Month. Established in 1947, Alpha Delta Kappa's goals 
are to institute high standards of education, recognize outstanding 
educators, build a fraternal fellowship among educators and promote 
educational and charitable projects, enriching the lives of individuals 
everywhere.
  With a membership of more than 33,000 educators representing all 
fifty U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, and Australia, 
Alpha Delta Kappa is committed to educational excellence, personal and 
professional growth, and collectively channeling their energies toward 
the good of their schools, communities, the teaching profession, and 
the world.
  Women in education constitute a great portion of America's workforce 
and are constantly striving to serve their communities and America in 
educational, cultural, and charitable programs leading to harmony, 
happiness, and peace among all people.
  Since 2014, members of Alpha Delta Kappa have altruistically given to 
the communities they serve by raising nearly $12 million dollars and 
volunteering more than two million service hours. Alpha Delta Kappa 
members biennially award more than a quarter million dollars through 
eleven scholarship programs and have contributed more than $1 million 
dollars to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
  I congratulate Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization 
for Women Educators on their many years of unparalleled success and 
wish them well as they continue to educate our children.

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