[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 74 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1038]
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                HONORING WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER

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                        HON. NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 1999

  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Wyckoff Heights 
Medical Center located in Brooklyn, New York which is celebrating its 
10th Anniversary. For 10 years, the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center has 
been helping women and children in communities throughout Brooklyn. It 
has contributed many positive things to the quality of life in our 
neighborhoods, and I would like to thank its leadership and the many 
others involved in its success.
  The Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is the hub of the WIC program in 
our area. Along with its satellite clinics at the LaMarca Family Health 
Center in East New York, Queensbridge Family Heath Center in Long 
Island City, Park Slope WIC in Park Slope, and the Red Hook WIC in Red 
Hook, Wyckoff serves an average of 5,800 women, infants and children a 
year.
  Like the National WIC program, which this year celebrates its 25th 
Anniversary, the Wyckoff WIC program has been enormously successful. 
Nationally, WIC has helped provide nutrition education, health care 
referral, breastfeeding support and supplemental nutritious foods to 
nearly 7.5 million women, infants and children through 10,000 clinics 
nationwide.
  In addition to its success implementing the mandated WIC services, 
the Wyckoff WIC program has sought to enhance its outreach by 
conducting seminars and workshops throughout Brooklyn. These efforts 
have included breastfeeding promotion and immunization screening 
seminars.
  These initiatives have also been enhanced by the work of Mr. William 
F. Green, Vice President of Ambulatory Services, who is being honored 
by the Wyckoff WIC this week. Mr. Green has been a strong supporter of 
the Wyckoff WIC program since its inception in 1989, and he has helped 
initiate some unique programs. For example, Mr. Green created a monthly 
Mother's Day which helps create a consistent outreach to women and 
children. He also has been supportive of the Wyckoff's special holiday 
programs, which during the major holidays, makes an extra effort to 
reach out to the women and children of our communities who are in need 
of vital services. Mr. Green has made a good WIC program great and on 
behalf of the community, I thank him and congratulate him on his 
special award.
  I would also like to congratulate the fifty WIC children who are 
graduating this week. These children, all who recently turned five 
years old, are being honored in a very special way because they have 
successfully completed their participation in the Wyckoff WIC program. 
They represent the future--a future of strong, healthy children and 
mothers who have the chance to realize the American dream.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in applauding the Wyckoff WIC program 
on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary, Mr. Green for his long-time 
support of the Wyckoff WIC, and most importantly the 50 young WIC 
graduates and their mothers for a healthy future--congratulations and 
continued success.

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