[Released December 3, 1930. Dated November 29, 1930]
My dear Miss Bissell:
I am glad to learn that the Kiwanis Club of Wilmington is awarding you its medal for Distinguished Community Service, in recognition of your long and invaluable contributions of thought and spirit and labor to the work of the American Red Cross and the National Tuberculosis Association. This is indeed a fitting acknowledgement of a lifetime of devotion to the cause of humanity.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Miss Emily P. Bissell, Wilmington, Delaware]
Note: The message was read at a dinner honoring Miss Bissell, who originated the Red Cross Christmas seal.
Herbert Hoover, Message to a Dinner Honoring Emily P. Bissell. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210905