[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MY TRIBUTE TO DR. HOWARD CAREY: A GOOD NEIGHBOR

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Filner) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 30th 
anniversary of Dr. Howard Carey's commitment to the Neighborhood House 
Association and to his role as president and chief executive officer 
since 1972. Dr. Carey brings more than 35 years of experience in the 
field of social work, from both administrative and program perspectives 
to this leadership position. Serving more than 300,000 San Diego 
residents, Neighborhood House is one of the largest nonprofit 
organizations in San Diego, a multipurpose social welfare agency whose 
goal is to improve the quality of life of the people served. Since Dr. 
Carey assumed leadership, Neighborhood House has grown from a budget of 
$400,000 and a staff of 35 to its current budget of $50 million with a 
staff of 800.
  Its multitude of services to strengthen families and to assist them 
in becoming self-sufficient include not only the two for which it is 
best known, Head Start, which reaches 6,500 preschoolers in 70 centers 
and its food bank program which collects and distributes 12 million 
pounds of food annually, but also housing, counseling, adult day care, 
emergency food and shelter and inner city youth enrichment program, 
employment training centers, health services for the mentally ill and 
elderly, and a senior citizen service center.
  Dr. Carey's motto, ``being a good neighbor,'' is emulated by the 
extended families of employees at Neighborhood House and reaches from 
the Mexican border to the northern reaches of San Diego County. His 
legacy is one of excellence. A professional in the best sense of this 
word, he is a man of honor, strength and determination. He is dedicated 
to service and to making life better for his neighbors who are in need.
  Dr. Carey is a native of Lexington, Mississippi, a graduate of 
Atlanta's Morehouse College, and holds graduate degrees from Atlanta 
University and United States International University. He became 
enchanted with San Diego during his 4 years of military service with 
the United States Navy and returned with his wife, the former Yvonne 
Arnold of Newnan, Georgia, a graduate of Spelman College. Dr. Carey and 
his wife are the parents of two adult children who are themselves 
graduates of Morehouse and Spelman. One would think that his service to 
the community through his work at the Neighborhood House would fill his 
days entirely but Dr. Carey's service extends to leadership and 
participation in many community organizations and local activities.

                              {time}  1930

  He is chairman of the board of Neighborhood National Bank, a San 
Diego-based community bank which spurs development in inner city 
neighborhoods. He was a founding member of Union Bank of California's 
Community Advisory Board to advise bank managers on the financial needs 
of low-income and underserved communities. He has held policy-making 
and advisory positions at the Neighborhood Development Bank, San Diego 
Unified School District, United Way, the Minority Relations Committee, 
the Black Leadership Council, former San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor's 
Black Advisory Committee, a Congressional Black Affairs Subcommittee, 
the Black-Jewish Dialogue, the National Conference of Christians and 
Jews, the Coalition for Equity and San Diego County's Child Care Task 
Force.
  Professionally he has contributed as a professor at San Diego State 
University, as a lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, 
and at National University of San Diego and as instructor for Wooster 
College in Ohio and at San Diego Community College. His further 
professional associations include charter membership in LEAD, the 
National Association of Social Workers, the National Association of 
Black Social Workers; a founding member of the San Diego Chapter of 
Alpha Pi Phi Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Delta, 
Morehouse College Alumni Association, San Diego Dialogue and the 
National Conference of Social Welfare.
  As impressive as this list is, it does not do justice to Dr. Carey. 
It is his passion for service that leads him into these activities. He 
knows that extraordinary measures are sometimes needed to strengthen 
communities and families, and he is always willing to go that extra 
mile. Because Dr. Carey and the work of Neighborhood House reaches deep 
into the hearts and minds of his neighbors and changes lives, his 
contributions to our community are far-reaching, long-lasting and 
immeasurable. I sincerely appreciate this opportunity to honor Dr. 
Carey and his many contributions to San Diego during the past 3 
decades.

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