[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 132 (Tuesday, August 7, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     ALEXIS PAGET RECEIVES LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY HERO AWARD

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 7, 2018

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Alexis Paget of 
Missouri City, TX, for receiving the Hero Award from the Leukemia and 
Lymphoma Society.
  Alexis, a 16 year old student at Ridge Point High School, won the 
national award for her fundraising efforts during the Leukemia & 
Lymphoma Society's Texas Gulf Coast Chapter's 2018 Students of the Year 
campaign. Alexis raised over $61,000 with her fundraising team and her 
class brought in over $350,000 to fight blood cancer. This funding is 
then distributed by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to over 1.3 
million blood cancer patients in the U.S. Paget ran her campaign in 
honor of her grandfather, who lost his battle to Acute Myeloid 
Leukemia.
  On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congressional District of Texas, 
congratulations again to Alexis Paget for receiving the Hero Award from 
the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I thank her for her dedication to 
creating a world without blood cancer.

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