[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12511-12512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING THE DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP OF LINDA SUTHERLAND

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                           HON. ALAN GRAYSON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 29, 2010

  Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the dedication 
and community leadership of Linda Sutherland in honor of Children's 
Awareness Month. As executive director of the Orange County Healthy 
Start Coalition, Mrs. Sutherland helps provide nutritional education 
and counseling services to pregnant woman and mothers with infants in 
order to ensure healthy pregnancies and babies. For 10 years, under 
Linda Sutherland's direction, new and expecting mothers in Central 
Florida have had access to support and important resources that will 
ensure their child receives the highest quality of health care. 
Children's Awareness Month focuses on bringing attention to the 
emotional, physical, and mental health needs of our children and youth. 
Linda Sutherland's leadership with the Healthy Start Coalition 
encourages the strengthening of maternal and child health by ensuring 
that all Florida families have access to a continuum of affordable and 
quality health and related services.
  Mrs. Sutherland is a graduate of Marymount College where she 
graduated with a degree in

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Business Administration. She was then elected and served for the next 
12 years as an Orange County School Board Member. Over the past two 
decades, Mrs. Sutherland has been given numerous awards for her 
professional and personal achievements and contributions. The Who's Who 
of International Women, Orange County Public Health, and the Florida 
School Board Association are just a few of the organizations who have 
recognized her outstanding leadership and active involvement in the 
Central Florida community. Linda Sutherland also serves as a peer 
reviewer for The Maternal Child Health Journal and contributes to the 
State of Florida March of Dimes Planning Committee.
  Madam Speaker, Mrs. Sutherland's advocacy on behalf of women and 
children in the Central Florida community simply cannot be measured. 
Throughout the last 25 years, Mrs. Sutherland has demonstrated that a 
single person can make a difference in many lives. The Healthy Start 
Coalition transforms families every day by working together to reducing 
infant mortality and low birth weight babies. It gives me pleasure to 
honor Mrs. Linda Sutherland who deserves this recognition for her 
incredibly charitable work and philanthropy in the Central Florida 
community.

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