[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY

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                         HON. WILLIAM J. COYNE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 30, 2001

  Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to let my colleagues know about 
an important milestone in the civic life of Allegheny County, 
Pennsylvania.
  On September 22, 2001, the East End Cooperative Ministry will 
celebrate its thirtieth anniversary with a dinner at Freehof Hall of 
the Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh.
  The East End Cooperative Ministry, Incorporated, consists of 50 local 
religious institutions. For the past thirty years, the East End 
Cooperative Ministry has worked to provide food, shelter, training, and 
other assistance to needy members of our community.
  This organization has operated a soup kitchen and provided homeless 
men and women with shelter. The East End Cooperative Ministry has also 
helped needy people move from crisis shelter to independent living, and 
it has provided employment training and life skills to a number of 
individuals.
  The East End Cooperative Ministry has helped hundreds of elderly 
people with day-to-day tasks and delivered meals to frail and elderly 
households.
  The East End Cooperative Ministry has also been active in providing 
recreation and developmental guidance to children. Among other 
activities, the East End Cooperative Ministry has operated a summer day 
camp for several hundred children, and it has provided leadership and 
conflict resolution training to more than 500 at-risk youth.
  Over the last 30 years, the East End Cooperative Ministry has worked 
to ensure that the needs of many of the most vulnerable members of our 
community have been met. On behalf of the people of Pennsylvania's 14th 
Congressional District, I want to commend the East End Cooperative 
Ministry for its efforts to alleviate suffering and provide hope to the 
needy. Thank you.

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