[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 127 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE YPSILANTI SENIOR CENTER

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                          HON. DEBBIE DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 29, 2022

  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Ypsilanti 
Senior Center for the 60th anniversary of their founding. Their decades 
of service to the Ypsilanti community are worthy of commendation.
  Since December of 1962, the Ypsilanti Senior Center has been 
providing crucial services to the seniors in our community like 
opportunities for safe and structured recreation, lunches to order, as 
well as education in technology. The Center also provides a place in 
the community for friendship, socializing, and networking. With all 
that it provides, the Center has truly become a home away from home for 
our seniors.
  Under the leadership of Director Monica Prince, the Ypsilanti Senior 
Center was able to continue its important work during the depths of the 
pandemic. They switched over to a frozen meal pickup, maintaining a 
service that is essential to those who cannot provide for themselves. 
Partnering with our Washtenaw Community College, fitness classes were 
taken online to make sure that our seniors could continue to access 
them. Despite being isolated, our seniors were able to maintain that 
feeling of community that the Senior Center provides.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the 
Ypsilanti Senior Center for 6 decades of exemplary service to the 
seniors in the Ypsilanti community. I extend my gratitude to all the 
workers and volunteers that have provided comfort and joy to those who 
laid the foundation for future generations to grow and prosper.

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