[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12601-12602]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     A TRIBUTE OF DAVID LEWIS MOORE

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                         HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 2005

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend Reverend David 
Lewis

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Moore for his important work in North Carolina. Reverend Moore was 
recently chosen as one of 10 national recipients of the 2005 Robert 
Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award. This honor includes a 
monetary award of $105,000 which Reverend Moore can utilize to assist 
him with his work in the community.
  Reverend Moore's efforts in rural Beaufort County, North Carolina 
have transformed the lives of hundreds of residents and provided health 
care to thousands struggling with poverty and illness.
  After attending Seminary and receiving a Master's Degree at Yale 
University, Rev. Moore became Pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal 
Zion Church in Beaufort County and immediately set out to improve the 
quality of life of the region's low-income residents, most of whom are 
African-American. The county, which is also home to a small but 
significant number of Latino farm workers, has the highest rates of 
HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and heart disease in North Carolina; and we should 
commend Rev. Moore's diligent efforts over the years to combat these 
very serious and detrimental conditions.
  Rev. Moore founded Metropolitan Community Health Services in 1990. 
One of its core programs is the Agape Community Health Clinic which 
offers health care to some 4,000 low-income people every year. 
Initially, the clinic operated with little financial support, but it 
grew in size through grants that Rev. Moore obtained, including one 
that paid for a doublewide trailer to serve as the clinic's 
headquarters. Soon the clinic will expand to a renovated bowling alley, 
thanks to funds raised by Rev. Moore.
  Not stopping at improving health care for the region's poor, Rev. 
Moore also mobilized area churches from across the U.S. and Canada to 
assist in the reconstruction of homes following Hurricane Floyd. As a 
result, 43 new homes were constructed.
  Rev. Moore has also helped to develop more than 500 units of housing 
for families, single mothers, senior citizens, victims of domestic 
violence, people with disabilities and migrant workers.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to congratulate Rev. David Lewis Moore on 
receiving this award and ask my colleagues to join me in thanking him 
for his work, past, present and future, on behalf of the people of 
North Carolina.

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