2008.03.28: March 28, 2008: Headlines: COS - Togo: Presidents - bush: Awards: The Beaver County Times: Bush takes a moment to honor Peace Corps volunteer Lydia Humenycky
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2008.03.27: March 27, 2008: Headlines: COS - Togo: Awards: Presidents - Bush: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Bush will present the President's Volunteer Service Award to Lydia Humenycky in recognition of her two years of service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo :
2008.03.28: March 28, 2008: Headlines: COS - Togo: Presidents - bush: Awards: The Beaver County Times: Bush takes a moment to honor Peace Corps volunteer Lydia Humenycky
Bush takes a moment to honor Peace Corps volunteer Lydia Humenycky
Humenycky, 26, was stationed in Togo, a poor country in western Africa. In 2005, she left her job as an advertising account executive to join the Peace Corps. “I told him I appreciate everything he has done with the USA Freedom Corps,” Humenycky told reporters. “I was honored.” Humenycky recently returned from Togo, where she worked with a group of independent coffee growers. The average worker makes $350 a year in the former French colony.
Bush takes a moment to honor Peace Corps volunteer Lydia Humenycky
Bush takes a moment to honor Peace Corps volunteer
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Published: Friday, March 28, 2008 12:47 AM EDT
Caption: President Bush presents Lydia Humenycky, of Hempfield Township, Pa., the President's Volunteer Service at Pittsburgh International Airport, Air Reserve Station in Corapolis, Pa., Thursday, March 27, 2008. Humenycky served for two years with the Peace Corps. in West Africa.
(AP Photo/Don Wright)
His visit to western Pennsylvania lasted only a few houses, but the quickie appearance of President Bush at a private reception in Sewickley Heights Thursday should bring in big bucks.
The president’s stop was expected to net the Pennsylvania GOP as much $1 million for this year’s campaigns. Bush attended a similar fundraiser in Ohio earlier Thursday.
Shortly after Air Force One landed at Pittsburgh International Airport at 4:40 p.m., Bush presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Lydia Humenycky of North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, in recognition of her two years’ service as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Humenycky, 26, was stationed in Togo, a poor country in western Africa. In 2005, she left her job as an advertising account executive to join the Peace Corps.
“I told him I appreciate everything he has done with the USA Freedom Corps,” Humenycky told reporters. “I was honored.”
Humenycky recently returned from Togo, where she worked with a group of independent coffee growers. The average worker makes $350 a year in the former French colony.
The Sewickley Heights event at the home of Claude and Laura Kronk was closed to the press. National media traveling with the president and members of the local press pool were taken to a nearby residence to wait during Bush’s visit.
The president, wearing a top coat in a light drizzle, was whisked back to the airport in a black Chevrolet Suburban near the front of a caravan of two dozen vehicles. Air Force One left Pittsburgh at 7:40 p.m.
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