[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       A TRIBUTE TO BARBARA YOUNG

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 7, 2001

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Barbara Young for 
her exceptional contributions to health care and education for the 
people of New York. For over 30 years, she has been contributing to the 
education and health care industry.
  Mrs. Young received a Bachelors degree in Community Health from 
Jersey State College; received her Masters from Hunter College City 
University of New York; and acquired her Nursing Home Administrator's 
license from Hofstra University.
  During her professional career, Ms. Young, moved up from Staff Nurse 
in Neonatal Intensive Care to Vice President of Nursing. Ms. Young, has 
gone out of her way to help people and be particularly supportive to 
young minority men whom she feels, need someone to stand up for them 
and be supportive. She has devoted most of her professional career to 
care of the elderly and takes pride in promoting and maintaining 
quality of life.
  Ms. Young's contributions to the community include being a Cub Scout 
leader, Girl Scout Leader, teaching religious instruction to mentally 
challenged children, providing volunteer services at homeless shelters, 
and making visits to a home for battered women.
  In addition to Mrs. Young's volunteer work, she is a member of the 
Trinidad and Tobago Nurses Association and has been Chairperson of the 
Education Committee whose objective is to provide seminars and health 
education to health care professionals, and give scholarships to 
nursing students. She is Vice President of the Imani Reading Group, 
which started off with a group of professional women who wanted to know 
more about their African heritage. Currently, she is organizing the 
reading group to start a prison ministry at the Rikers Island Women's 
Prison.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Mrs. Barbara Young 
for her hard work and dedication on behalf of the sick and 
underprivileged, and for her extraordinary contribution in the field of 
education and health care.

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