[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTH SHORE ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS

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                        HON. WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 3, 2001

  Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to join today 
with people throughout Southeastern Massachusetts in celebrating the 
50th Anniversary of the South Shore Association for Retarded Citizens.
  What began in 1950 with a small group of parents in Weymouth seeking 
options for their children, has since grown into a distinguished and 
highly successful effort to provide services to more than one thousand 
people with special needs on the South Shore each year. From summer day 
camps to transitional employment programs; from early intervention 
services to residential and workshop facilities; from individual to 
family support programs--South Shore ARC has given all of us 
opportunities to realize and meet our full potential.
  Throughout its history, South Shore ARC has been a leader in the 
community, utilizing public and private partnerships in its twofold 
mission of advocacy and the delivery of quality services. The 
organization has fought tirelessly for the rights of individuals with 
disabilities, and has been instrumental in the passage of legislation 
improving and expanding special needs education.
  Mr. Speaker, I invite you and our colleagues to join with me in 
congratulating the South Shore Association for Retarded Citizens for 
fifty years of service to the people of Massachusetts. This 
organization has fostered positive working relationships with our 
community, and has improved the lives of thousands of adults and 
children with special needs. I commend them for their decades of hard 
work, and wish them many more years of success.

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