[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 14, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1224]
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        CONGRATULATIONS TO PLUM BOROUGH SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2005

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate the Plum Borough Senior Community Center on its 25th 
Anniversary, and recognize the exemplary performance of service that 
the organization provides the 4th District of Pennsylvania.
  Founded in 1980 by two senior activists, Henry and Alice Corvino, the 
Plum Community Senior Center has been providing Plum Senior Citizens 
with a ``home away from home'' for the last quarter century. Initially, 
the Plum Senior Citizens Center was open 3 days a week for 6 hours per 
day. Patrons, however, complained and demanded more from the Center as 
its popularity grew. Eventually, every activity from cards, crafts and 
meals were provided at the center. In 1985 a large room addition was 
added to the center so bingo games could be held. Today, the center is 
open 5 days a week, eight hours each day and has over 1,800 members. In 
1992, the center began its home delivered meals program and delivers an 
average 40 meals per day to homebound seniors. In 1995, a multipurpose 
room was added and now serves as a computer lab where hundreds of the 
center's members can surf the internet.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in honoring the Plum Borough Senior Community Center. It is an 
honor to represent the Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania 
and a pleasure to salute the service of organizations like the Plum 
Senior Center that make the communities that they live in truly 
special.

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