[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5190-5191]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING ANDREA IVORY

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                         HON. MARIO DIAZ-BALART

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 25, 2010

  Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
honor Andrea Ivory of Miami Lakes, the Founder and Executive Director 
of the Florida Breast Health Initiative and a breast cancer survivor.

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  In late 2006, Mrs. Ivory, along with her husband Willie Ivory, 
started the organization, which is dedicated to educating women about 
the importance of breast health and provides them with the resources to 
battle the disease. The group works to reach out to uninsured women in 
low-income areas who cannot afford mammograms. Staff and volunteers 
have knocked on more than 20,000 doors in neighborhoods throughout 
Miami including Miami Gardens, Opa-locka, Hialeah and Northwest Miami-
Dade and have offered women the opportunity to be screened in mobile 
mammogram units and receive other low-cost services. To date, they have 
facilitated over 600 free or low-cost mammograms, and as a result, 
discovered four cases of cancer.
  Today, Andrea has been cancer free for five years and her work and 
dedication to serving others in the community has been recognized by 
several news outlets and organizations. In 2009, she was selected as 
one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2009 and was also featured in our home 
town newspaper, the Miami Herald.
  As we celebrate Women's History Month, I ask you to join me in 
thanking Andrea Ivory for her commitment to creating awareness about 
breast cancer and ensuring that other women have access to care. I also 
congratulate her on her personal strength and willingness to overcome 
breast cancer.

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