HR168 Summary

• Commends Ciara Laird of Troy, Alabama for receiving a 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award presented by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

• Recognizes Laird as one of the top two state honorees, earning $1,000, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. in May 2016 for four days of educational experiences and national recognition events.

• Credits Laird's award to volunteer service including initiating a classroom food drive, serving as president of her school's honor society to encourage student participation in feeding the hungry, filling Christmas shoeboxes for children in need, making care packages for storm-affected families, assisting at a community garden, and volunteering at a nursing home.

• Notes that Laird was inspired to begin her volunteer work after witnessing someone eating from a trash dumpster outside a restaurant.

• Expresses the House of Representatives' heartfelt congratulations to Laird on her volunteer service, peer leadership, and community spirit.