[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 119 (Thursday, September 19, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            EXPERIENCE WORKS

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 18, 2002

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge Experience 
Works, a nonprofit organization that provides training, employment, and 
community service opportunities for mature workers.
  Experience Works provides a valuable service to seniors thru various 
programs designed to help them enter the workforce, secure a more 
challenging position, move into a new career, or supplement their 
income. These services are provided to more than 125,000 people each 
year thru their offices located in 44 states nationwide and in Puerto 
Rico. Experience Works programs are funded by more than 75 public and 
private sources, and are the largest grantee of the federal 
government's Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). 
Through their work, they provide seniors the tools to use their many 
talents to help others in various settings.
  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to give special recognition to the 
2002 Blair County Outstanding Older Worker, Romaine Fleming, and 
Martin's Food Store, the 2002 Blair County Outstanding Employer of 
Older Workers. Ms. Fleming was selected for her long-standing 
contributions to the community. Her most notable contribution is her 34 
years of dedicated service to Child Advocates of Blair County, Inc. Ms. 
Fleming is an inspiration to all those she works with and those she 
helps in her day to day activities. I congratulate her on this well 
deserved recognition and thank her for her service to the community of 
Blair County. I would also like to extend my congratulations for their 
recognition and my thanks to Martin's Food Store for their outstanding 
contributions to the community as well. They are an organization that 
displays a strong respect for mature workers and recognizes all the 
benefits this workforce can bring to an institution and a community. 
Their desire to secure older workers demonstrates their belief that the 
experience and reliability of these workers can add incredible strength 
to any organization.
  I would like to again extend my thanks to Experience Works for all 
their hard work and contributions they provide the older workers in 
this country and congratulate Romaine Fleming and Martin's Food Store 
for their recognition as the 2002 Blair County Outstanding Older Worker 
and Outstanding Employer of Older Workers, respectively. I wish them 
all the best of luck as they continue to enrich the lives of others, as 
well as their own, through their many contributions.

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