[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17205]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         IN HONOR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTHLAND YWCA

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 2000

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the fortieth 
anniversary of the Southland YWCA. This non-profit organization has 
been serving women and their families in the Southwest area of 
Cleveland since 1919, and it deserve our recognition and 
congratulations.
  The Southland YWCA in Middleburg Heights, Ohio is commemorating its 
40th Anniversary on September 8 and 9, 2000. These two days of 
celebration should prove to be embraced throughout the community, as 
women and their families show their appreciation for an organization 
that has continually served the people of its area with a large variety 
of beneficial programs.
  In 1960, the Southland YWCA moved to its current location in 
Middleburg Heights, Ohio, and it has continued to serve families in the 
area ever since. The Southland YWCA serves the Southwest area of 
Cleveland in the areas of fitness, child care, and diversity 
programming, among many others. It has implemented many programs and 
activities for the community, including swimming lessons, summer day 
camp for children, exercise classes, karate lessons, homemaking 
lessons, craft classes, divorce support programs, help for battered 
women, and even an investment club. Through these many services, the 
YWCA has encouraged women to become activists in their own communities.
  I take their opportunity to applaud the fine service the Southland 
YWCA has provided to Cleveland for forty years because I believe that 
organizations such as this one are essential to the development of our 
communities throughout the country. I would like to wish the YWCA the 
best of luck in the future, and hope to see the organization commended 
again forty years from now.

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