[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 141 (Monday, September 8, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN RECOGNITION OF 30 YEARS OF SERVICE BY THE SACRAMENTO CHINESE 
                        COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 8, 2008

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and 
acknowledge the Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center for 30 
years of service to immigrants, refugees, and disadvantaged groups in 
the Sacramento area.
  The Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center was founded in 1978 
to aid newly arrived Chinese immigrants in dealing with the myriad 
challenges of immigration and cultural adaptation. Over the last few 
years, its programs have expanded to help other non-Chinese immigrants, 
refugees, and other disadvantaged groups that call Sacramento home 
including those of Hmong, Mien, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, and Russian 
descent.
  The SCCSC assists more than 4,000 clients each year, including 2,400 
children in their after school programs. It offers 26 programs, 
including youth mentoring and counseling, employment assistance, 
translation, transportation and home health visits for senior citizens, 
parenting workshops, job skill workshops and paid work experience, and 
citizenship classes.
  The SCCSC has received recognition for its successes, including 
having received the Gloria Rose Memorial Grant Award from the United 
Way California Capitol Region for being an agency which achieves 
outstanding results, and works towards building a stronger, healthier, 
and more compassionate community. The SCCSC has also received the 
Spirit of Mentoring Award from the California Mentor Foundation for 
providing an exemplary community-based mentor program.
  Madam Speaker, I wish to congratulate the Sacramento Chinese 
Community Service Center upon the occasion of its 30th anniversary, and 
express my gratitude to the center for providing essential services and 
support to new immigrants, citizens, refugees, at-risk youth, senior 
citizens, and others in need. The Sacramento Chinese Community Service 
Center has provided the community with a wide array of opportunities, 
and I wish its leaders the best of luck as they continue in their 
service.

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