[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COMMEMORATING THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF SANTA BARBARA'S EASY LIFT 
                             TRANSPORTATION

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                            HON. LOIS CAPPS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 8, 2004

  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to Easy Lift 
Transportation as they celebrate their 25th anniversary of providing 
transportation services to the disabled and elderly in the Santa 
Barbara area.
  Easy Lift Transportation is a charitable, non-profit organization 
dedicated to helping the disabled and frail elderly live independently 
while remaining in their own homes. Easy Lift has been providing 
wheelchair accessible transportation services in southern Santa Barbara 
County since 1979. Beginning with one motor home in 1979, Easy Lift 
Transportation has grown to operate eighteen vehicles, eighteen hours a 
day, 363 days per year.
  Easy Lift Transportation provides door-to-door transportation to 
individuals in the communities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, 
Summerland and Carpinteria. Easy Lift Transportation is preparing to 
serve its one-millionth rider. They currently provide over sixty 
thousand rides a year.
  In addition to helping many Santa Barbara area residents gain 
independence by ensuring that they can get to doctor's appointments and 
other events, Easy Lift helps the broader Santa Barbara community as 
well. Easy Lift Transportation provides transit services and driver 
training to other non-profit organizations in the Santa Barbara area. I 
would like to commend Easy Lift Transportation of Santa Barbara for 
their work and congratulate them on their twenty-fifth anniversary of 
operation.

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