Washington, D.C. - Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Task Force on Mentoring (TFM) of Montgomery County on the occasion of its fourteenth annual conference entitled "Saving Our Children--Compassionate Mentoring'', which will be held on the Rockville campus of Johns Hopkins University on Thursday, October 6, 2005.
For more than fifteen years, the TFM has been a mainstay of support for at-risk youth in Montgomery County. It has been repeatedly recognized for the high quality mentoring programs it has implemented in partnership with many of our community's schools, civic organizations and, more recently, correctional facilities. Moreover, as if to underscore the spirit guiding its work, the TFM offers all of its recruitment assistance, training expertise and technical support free of charge.
Because of the Task Force on Mentoring of Montgomery County--and its legions of trained and dedicated volunteers--more and more of our youth are growing up to become active, positive participants in our community. They are making great plans to lead great lives.
Mr. Speaker, on the occasion of its fourteenth annual conference, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in saluting the Task Force on Mentoring of Montgomery County and in thanking the TFM for its consistent commitment to the children and youth of Montgomery County, Maryland.