[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 8, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S2739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                 FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF REDLANDS

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today I want to recognize the 
Family Service Association of Redlands as it celebrates 110 years of 
service and support to the communities of southern California.
  As a nonprofit community service organization located in Redlands, 
CA, the Family Service Association has been a hallmark institution of 
assistance and guidance to all who have sought its support. Founded as 
the Associated Charities of Redlands by community leader A.K. Smiley in 
February of 1898, this organization has a long history of care and 
concern for the needs of its local communities. After spending its 
first few years using funds from local contributors to assist the less 
fortunate, the organization opened a wood yard in 1909 to provide 
employment for those out of work. Later, contributors would donate 
buildings that enabled the organization to expand and establish the 
first community hospital, enabling more and more community needs to be 
met.
  Today, the Family Service Association of Redlands provides a variety 
of services and programs to benefit needy populations of inland 
southern California. Their Home Again program has made a significant 
effort to address the growing issues of poverty and homelessness, 
through providing homeless families with permanent housing, employment, 
and family stability. Their Family Support program has made a similar 
dramatic effort at bringing fundamental goods and services to families 
in need; these include clothing distribution, rental and mortgage 
assistance, utility bill assistance, motel vouchers, emergency medical 
assistance, dental and vision screening programs, educational and 
training programs, case management services, and many others.
  As the Family Service Association of Redlands celebrates 110 years of 
service and support to the communities of inland southern California, I 
am pleased to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing their more 
than a century of accomplishments.

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