[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 20, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 20, 2004

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
praise a valuable organization located in the Fourth Congressional 
District of Pennsylvania that has striven to advance the independence 
of individuals with disabilities for 50 years. I am proud to represent 
the congressional district that has housed, for 50 years, the United 
Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Western Pennsylvania.
  Building on the vision of the founding families who purchased and 
renovated a three-story home in Spring Church, Armstrong County, where 
a day clinic for children with disabilities was housed, UCP today 
serves some 1,500 individuals, adult and children, in their homes and 
communities. For half a century the agency, serving Armstrong, Indiana, 
and Westmoreland Counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, has been 
providing programs and services for physically and mentally challenged 
individuals. Most of the consumers are diagnosed with cerebral palsy, 
mental retardation, Down syndrome, developmental delays, speech and 
language disorders, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord 
injuries. The accomplishments that UCP has made in the last 50 years 
have made significant improvements to the lives of the physically and 
mentally challenged in southwestern Pennsylvania.
  I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in 
honoring this fine organization and the benefits that it has bestowed 
on so many individuals in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is truly an 
honor to represent the Fourth Congressional District and to recognize 
the 50th anniversary of the United Cerebral Palsy of Western 
Pennsylvania.

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