[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E132-E133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING DR. SANDRA NIXON TYNES AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL 
                    FLORIDA FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 17, 2023

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Sandra Nixon Tynes, an educator and 
ordained Christian Evangelist, co-founded the Welcome Table Ministries 
along with her husband Deacon Carlton A. Tynes, a Korean War veteran 
and 30-year civil servant. They had a joint vision to establish a 
ministry dedicated to serving others. Although Deacon Tynes 
transitioned in December of 2019, Welcome Table Ministries continues 
its good work under co-founder Dr. Sandra Nixon Tynes with an ardent, 
unwavering mandate to serve the hopeless, the hungry, the homeless, and 
the helpless.
  Since its inception, Welcome Table Ministries has served over 29,000 
hot nutritious home-cooked meals and provided confidential counseling, 
free resumes, free tutoring in English language arts, special holiday 
treats/gifts, emergency groceries, and monetary crisis assistance. Dr. 
Tynes also provides assistance with religious services. Welcome Table 
Ministries has touched the lives of many in countless strives to 
fulfill its mission to ``share the sweet love of Jesus Christ one hot 
meal and one act of kindness at a time.'' They have been doing so for 
over 23 years.
  Dr. Tynes has been recognized by the City of Kissimmee with a 
proclamation for the ministry, service, and partnership with other 
community organizations in Osceola County.

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