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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will finish Congress On Your Corner Event today
Congresswoman also will visit Community Food Bank tomorrow in her final Tucson act as a member of Congress
TUCSON - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords tomorrow will finish her Jan. 8, 2011 Congress On Your Corner event that was tragically ended when a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding 13 others including Giffords.
Giffords announced earlier today that she will step down from Congress this week to continue her recovery from a gunshot wound inflicted at that event last January. Tomorrow is her last day in Tucson as a member of Congress.
In a private gathering tomorrow, Giffords will meet with some of the people who were at the Jan. 8, 2011 event. Among those attending will be some of those who were injured as well as some of the citizen heroes who aided injured people and some of those who subdued the gunman.
Also tomorrow, the congresswoman will meet with and thank community leaders from her district as well as some of those who advised her on border security, solar, defense and veterans' issues.
Neither of those meetings will be open to the media.
Later tomorrow, Giffords will visit the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center <http://communityfoodbank.com/2011/07/18/gabrielle-giffords-family-assistance-center-to-open-in-september/> at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. The center, which opened on Sept. 23, was established after people donated more than $215,000 in Giffords' honor after the shooting.
The center was established because many of those who come to the food bank have related issues and need assistance. At the food bank, people can obtain help from family advocates in signing up for food stamps, as well as a host of other services from organizations that reside at the food bank.
But until the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center was established, all of those ancillary services were isolated upstairs where it was easy for people to get lost. So they tended to just check in, receive their food and leave.
The new family assistance center combines all of those services in one attractive area.
The congresswoman's visit to the center tomorrow will be her final act in her district as a member of Congress. Bill Carnegie, CEO of the food bank, will welcome Giffords to the family assistance center.
In a video <http://youtu.be/Nguu0TkCTd4> message released earlier today to her constituents, Giffords said, "I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona, I will step down this week."
Giffords, a third-generation Arizonan who served five years in the state Legislature before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2006, will not seek re-election this fall.
But Giffords vowed that her career in public service has not come to an end.
"I will return and we will work together for Arizona and this great country," she said in her video message.
Later this week, Giffords will submit her letter of resignation to House Speaker John Boehner and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. The governor will set the date for special primary and general elections to determine who will serve the remainder of Giffords' term.
WHAT: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords visits Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
SCHEDULE:
11:15 a.m. - Welcoming remarks from Bill Carnegie, CEO of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Noon - Congresswoman Giffords arrives for tour of Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center
12:45 p.m. - Congresswoman Giffords departs
WHERE: 3003 S. Country Club Road, Tucson
TUCSON - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords tomorrow will finish her Jan. 8, 2011 Congress On Your Corner event that was tragically ended when a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding 13 others including Giffords.
Giffords announced earlier today that she will step down from Congress this week to continue her recovery from a gunshot wound inflicted at that event last January. Tomorrow is her last day in Tucson as a member of Congress.
In a private gathering tomorrow, Giffords will meet with some of the people who were at the Jan. 8, 2011 event. Among those attending will be some of those who were injured as well as some of the citizen heroes who aided injured people and some of those who subdued the gunman.
Also tomorrow, the congresswoman will meet with and thank community leaders from her district as well as some of those who advised her on border security, solar, defense and veterans' issues.
Neither of those meetings will be open to the media.
Later tomorrow, Giffords will visit the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center <http://communityfoodbank.com/2011/07/18/gabrielle-giffords-family-assistance-center-to-open-in-september/> at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. The center, which opened on Sept. 23, was established after people donated more than $215,000 in Giffords' honor after the shooting.
The center was established because many of those who come to the food bank have related issues and need assistance. At the food bank, people can obtain help from family advocates in signing up for food stamps, as well as a host of other services from organizations that reside at the food bank.
But until the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center was established, all of those ancillary services were isolated upstairs where it was easy for people to get lost. So they tended to just check in, receive their food and leave.
The new family assistance center combines all of those services in one attractive area.
The congresswoman's visit to the center tomorrow will be her final act in her district as a member of Congress. Bill Carnegie, CEO of the food bank, will welcome Giffords to the family assistance center.
In a video <http://youtu.be/Nguu0TkCTd4> message released earlier today to her constituents, Giffords said, "I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona, I will step down this week."
Giffords, a third-generation Arizonan who served five years in the state Legislature before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2006, will not seek re-election this fall.
But Giffords vowed that her career in public service has not come to an end.
"I will return and we will work together for Arizona and this great country," she said in her video message.
Later this week, Giffords will submit her letter of resignation to House Speaker John Boehner and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. The governor will set the date for special primary and general elections to determine who will serve the remainder of Giffords' term.
WHAT: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords visits Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
SCHEDULE:
11:15 a.m. - Welcoming remarks from Bill Carnegie, CEO of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Noon - Congresswoman Giffords arrives for tour of Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center
12:45 p.m. - Congresswoman Giffords departs
WHERE: 3003 S. Country Club Road, Tucson
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