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For
Immediate Release HERSETH SANDLIN CONGRATULATES MCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH HITCH TEAM FOR PARTICIPATION IN INAUGURAL PARADE January 22, 2009, Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin congratulated the McCrossan Boys Ranch Hitch Team for its participation in the 56th Inaugural Parade. The Hitch Team joined over 10,000 people representing all 50 states in the parade that traveled down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House where the President, Vice President and their families watched the processional from their reviewing stand. In honor of the McCrossan Boys Ranch Hitch Team’s participation in the Inaugural Parade, Rep. Herseth Sandlin submitted the following statement to the Congressional Record. Congressional Record Statement Honoring McCrossan Boys Ranch Hitch Team MS. HERSETH SANDLIN. Madame Speaker, I rise today to honor members of the McCrossan Boys Ranch Hitch Team in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for their participation in the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Parade. The inauguration of President Barack Obama marked a defining moment in history and these young men were excellent ambassadors for South Dakota at an event of such magnitude. McCrossan Boys Ranch is a unique program, which reaches out to educate troubled youths from across the region. The ranch provides a vital opportunity for young men who face conflict in their lives and who wish to seek a more positive direction. The ranch’s purpose is to give students outlets to explore, allowing them to grow as individuals and to serve the community around them. The ranch teaches important skills such as horsemanship, trade skills and agricultural methods that are applied toward community service projects like Habitat for Humanity. Additionally, McCrossan Boys Ranch youth are members of numerous extracurricular groups, such as 4-H, the Boy Scouts of America and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The ranch and its students give back to the community in many ways and display the dedication, purity of purpose and selfless service that personified the spirit of the 2009 Inauguration Parade. The educational and service mission of McCrossan Boys Ranch is an admirable and worthy cause. It is an organization that instills American values in young men and helps them make valuable contributions to the fabric of our society. Madame Speaker, it is because of its mission, as well as its achievements, that I rise today in recognition of the McCrossan Boys Ranch Hitch Team for their participation in the 2009 Inauguration Parade. |
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