Jay Dickey: “I would like to bring to my colleagues' attention the celebration of National TRIO Day this past Saturday, February 27.…”

“I would like to bring to my colleagues' attention the celebration of National TRIO Day this past Saturday, February 27. National TRIO Day was designated by concurrent resolution on February 24, 1986, by the 99th Congress. It is celebrated on the last Saturday of each February. The TRIO program is a Federal program that works. Students volunteer their time to learn about how to better educate themselves, to become more gainfully employed. Employees of TRIO are there to help them and encourage them. This is for families that have income of under $24,000. We need more funds for this program so that we could fill more slots across the country. There are more people who want to get in the program than we have slots available. One last thing, I would like to commend Lindsey Burkett of my hometown of Pine Bluff. She is in the Upward Bound program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and is the 16-year-old daughter of Nadine Burkett and the late Ray Burkett. She is a junior honor student at Dollarway High School. I want to commend her for her work and TRIO for it also.”