[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 35 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1743-S1744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     THE SAGINAW COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING HONORS MS. HAZEL WILSON

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, on March 31, 2000, the Saginaw 
County Commission on Aging will hold a luncheon honoring four women who 
have selflessly dedicated a significant amount of their time and their 
energy to improving the community of Saginaw, Michigan. Their 
tremendous efforts over the years have not only touched a great many 
lives, they have truly changed lives, whether by providing those in 
need with food and clothing, saving seniors hundreds of dollars in 
medical insurance payments, mentoring elementary school students, or 
helping people to understand and accept a culture different from their 
own. Thus, I rise today on behalf not only of myself, but also of the 
entire Saginaw County, Michigan, community, to sincerely thank Ms. 
Hazel Wilson, Ms. Mary Flannery, Ms. Sue Kaltenbach, and Ms. Yoko 
Mossner for their incredible efforts.
  Ms. Hazel Wilson has been a Saginaw community leader for more than 
thirty years. Her charitable endeavors include working for the Family 
Indepence Agency in the 1960s, counseling laid-off auto workers for the 
UAW-GM Human Resource Center in the late eighties, serving on the Board 
of Trustees for the Saginaw Public Schools, and also serving on the 
Board of Directors for the Saginaw Voluntary Action Center. For the 
last ten years, she has been employed by the Saginaw County Community 
Mental Health Authority as a Prevention Coordinator.
  Ms. Wilson demonstrated her outstanding leadership capabilities, and 
indelibly left her mark on the Saginaw community, when in the early 
1970s she established the Good Neighbors Mission. Ms. Wilson's original 
goal in establishing this organization was to provide needy families 
with food and clothing. But because of her dedication the Good 
Neighbors Mission has continually grown, to the point where today it 
stands as a community resource center, a hub of activity, and, I am 
told, a virtual clearinghouse, where people can find help fulfilling 
much more than just their food and clothing needs.
  Aside from working as a Prevention Coordinator, Ms. Wilson is also 
currently a member of the Zion Baptist Church, Zeta Phi Beta sorority, 
the Michigan T.A.G. Workgroup, and the

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Michigan Prevention Association. I take great pride in recognizing 
community-oriented constituents like Ms. Wilson, and I applaud the 
Saginaw County Commission on Aging for ensuring that her efforts are 
not overlooked. On behalf of the United States Senate, I extend 
gratitude to Ms. Wilson for her dedication and work for her 
community.

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