[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11558]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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              TRIBUTE TO DR. HOWARD CAREY: A GOOD NEIGHBOR

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 27, 1999

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I rise today to recognize the 
30th anniversary of Dr. Howard Carey's commitment to the Neighborhood 
House Association and to his role as President and Chief Executive 
Officer since 1972. Dr. Carey brings more than 35 years of experience 
in the field of social work, from both administrative and program 
perspectives, to this leadership position.
  Serving more than 300,000 San Diego residents, Neighborhood House is 
one of the largest non-profit organizations in San Diego, a multi-
purpose social welfare agency whose goal is to improve the quality of 
life of the people served. Since Dr. Carey assumed leadership, 
Neighborhood House has grown from a budget of $400,000 and a staff of 
35 to the current budget of $50 million with 800 employees.
  Its multitude of services to strengthen families and to assist them 
in becoming self-sufficient include not only the two for which it is 
best known--Head Start which reaches 6500 preschoolers in 70 centers 
and its Food Bank Program which collects and distributes 12 million 
pounds of food annually--but also housing, counseling, adult day-care 
centers, emergency food and shelter, an inner city youth-enrichment 
program, employment training services, health services for the mentally 
ill and elderly, and a senior citizen service center.
  Dr. Carey's motto--being a good neighbor--is emulated by the extended 
family of employees at Neighborhood House and reaches from the Mexican 
border to the northern reaches of San Diego County. His legacy is one 
of excellence. A professional in the best sense of this word, he is a 
man of honor, strength, and determination. He is dedicated to service 
and to making life better for his neighbors who are in need.
  Dr. Carey is a native of Lexington, Mississippi, a graduate of 
Atlanta's Morehouse College, and holds graduate degrees from Atlanta 
University and United States International University. He became 
enchanted with San Diego during his four years of military service with 
the United States Navy and returned with his wife, the former Yvonne 
Arnold of Newnan, Georgia, a graduate of Spelman College. Dr. Carey and 
his wife are the parents of two adult children who are themselves 
graduates of Morehouse and Spelman.
  One would think that his service to the community through his work at 
the Neighborhood House would fill his days. But Dr. Carey's service 
extends to leadership and participation in many community organizations 
and local activities. He is Chairman of the Board of Neighborhood 
National Bank, a San Diego based community bank which spurs development 
in inner city neighborhoods. He was a founding member of Union Bank of 
California's Community Advisory Board to advise bank managers on the 
financial needs of low income and under-served communities.
  He has held policy-making and advisory positions at the Neighborhood 
Development Bank, San Diego Unified School District, United Way, the 
Minority Relations Committee, the Black Leadership Council, former San 
Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor's Black Advisory Committee, a 
Congressional Black Affairs Subcommittee, the Black-Jewish Dialogue, 
the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Coalition for 
Equity, and San Diego County's Child Care Task Force.
  Professionally, he has contributed as a Professor at San Diego State 
University, as Lecturer at the University of California, San Diego 
(UCSD) and at National University of San Diego, and as Instructor for 
Wooster College in Ohio and at San Diego City College.
  His further professional associations include charter membership in 
LEAD, the National Association of Social Workers, the National 
Association of Black Social Workers, founding member of the San Diego 
Chapter of Alpha Pi Phi Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Alpha 
Kappa Delta, Morehouse College Alumni Association (San Diego Chapter), 
San Diego Dialogue, and the National Conference of Social Welfare.
  As impressive as this list is, it does not do justice to Dr. Carey. 
It is his passion for service that leads him into these activities. He 
knows that extraordinary measures are sometimes needed to strengthen 
communities and families, and he is willing to go that extra mile.
  Because Dr. Carey and the work of Neighborhood House reaches deep 
into the hearts and minds of his neighbors and changes lives, his 
contributions to the community are far-reaching, long lasting and 
immeasurable. I sincerely appreciate this opportunity to honor Dr. 
Carey and his many contributions to San Diego during the past three 
decades.

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