[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING FRED ROBINSON 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 21, 2025

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, Fred Robinson enlisted into the United States 
Marine Corps at 17 during the Vietnam War. Fred was the Vitas 
Healthcare Veterans liaison covering Seminole, Orange, and Osceola 
counties from 2012 through 2021.
  Fred is a national and regional mentor for We Honor Veterans. He was 
the first Florida Vitas Healthcare Veterans liaison to achieve Level V 
accreditation from WHV, a program of the National Hospice and 
Palliative Care Organization, in collaboration with the U S. Department 
of Veterans Affairs. It invites hospices, state hospice organizations, 
hospice-Veteran partnerships, and VA facilities to join a pioneering 
program focused on recognizing the unique needs of America's Veterans 
and their families. Fred is also certified in CE training for the End-
of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC). This project is both a 
national and international initiative to improve palliative care. 
Fred's collaborations with the Osceola Council on Aging, Veterans 
organizations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and 
community health fairs provide vital information to attendees by 
debunking the myth of hospice, educating Veterans and community 
families on end-of-life care, and informing them about resources and 
benefits that many are unaware of so they can make informed decisions 
on how they want to be cared for at the end of their life.
  Some of Fred's achievements include being named Orlando Business 
Journal's Veteran of Influence 2019, being a National Partner to the 
50th Commemoration of Vietnam Veterans out of the Pentagon since 2013, 
being named the Orlando Mayors Veterans Advisory Council Hero of COVID 
2021, receiving the HFUW Mission United Inaugural Game Change Impact 
Maker Award 2021, being in the Florida Governors Veterans HOF Class of 
2021, being named the OCMVAC Inaugural Veteran of the Year 2023, and 
receiving the 1st Baptist Church Academies Patriot of the Year Award 
2023. Fred volunteered as the co-chair of OCMVAC from 2018-2023 and 
became the chair in 2023. He has also been a OMVAC member since 2013, 
the VP of CMSGT R. Hall, Jr., Tuskegee Airman Central Florida Chapter 
since 2019, and a member of Congressman Soto's Veterans Advisory Board 
since 2014. Additionally, he has been a member of the Heart of Florida 
United Way Mission United Council since 2020, is a member of the HFUW 
Mission United Veteran Council, and has been a member of the VA Patient 
Experience Council since 2022.

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