[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 28 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E340]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF DORIS S. SCHWAB

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 13, 2002

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Doris S. 
Schwab, who is retiring after 30 years as Executive Director of Senior 
Citizen Resources, Inc. Ms. Schwab's unwavering commitment to 
Cleveland's senior community has been invaluable. Her generosity, 
intelligence, and unselfish dedication will be greatly missed.
  For over 30 years Ms. Schwab has worked tirelessly to create much 
needed resources to serve Cleveland's senior citizens. In 1971 she 
organized and established the Crestview Senior Center, a Multi-purpose 
Center serving the elderly in collaboration with the Cleveland Jaycees. 
In the same year she became Executive Director of its parent 
organization, Senior Citizen Resources, Inc.
  Over the next few years Ms. Schwab worked diligently to expand the 
Center by creating new sites throughout the Cleveland area. In 1978 she 
piloted a site called Brighton Center. By 1979 she secured funding for 
and established a second Multi-purpose Center, Deaconess-Krafft, which 
was built on the Deaconess Hospital Campus. Between 1976 and 1981 she 
piloted a site in the Southwestern area of Cleveland at the Brooklyn 
Heights United Church of Christ and Brooklyn Acres. She secured a 
Community Development Block Grant to fund and establish a third site 
operating one day a week at the City of Cleveland-owned Estabrook 
Recreation Center. Throughout the 1980s she also worked with Deaconess 
Hospital and MetroHealth Medical Center to establish their programs 
serving senior citizens.
  Between 1998 and 2000 as a result of Ms. Schwab's dedication to the 
senior community, funding in the amount of $332,000 was secured for the 
renovation and construction of the Memphis Fulton Senior Center and 
administration offices of Senior Citizen Resources, Inc., Crestview 
Senior Center relocated to this new site. By this time the centers were 
serving over 3,000 senior citizens yearly in the Old Brooklyn community 
of Cleveland. Today the centers continue to thrive as a result of Doris 
S. Schwab's vision, leadership and unwavering commitment.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in rising to honor Doris S. Schwab and 
her truly remarkable accomplishments for the senior community of 
Cleveland, Ohio.

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