[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2571]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          IN HONOR OF KAY HIND

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 29, 2012

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
outstanding community leader and good friend to me and the community of 
Albany, Georgia--Mrs. Kay Hind of the Southwest Georgia Council on 
Aging. On Thursday, February 23, 2012, the Georgia Council on Aging 
honored Mrs. Hind at a reception in the Georgia State Capitol Rotunda 
after she received the Distinguished Older Georgian Award on the floor 
of the Georgia House of Representatives.
  The Distinguished Older Georgian Award was created in January 2003 by 
the Georgia Council on Aging and is bestowed to a Georgian who is at 
least 80 years of age and has made significant contributions to society 
through their occupational or volunteer efforts.
  Mrs. Hind hails from Albany, Georgia and received her BS degree in 
Home Economics at the University of Georgia in 1951. After she 
graduated from college, Mrs. Hind worked as a Home Economist Extension 
Agent in Crawford County, Georgia and a year later she accepted a 
similar position in Lee County, Georgia.
  For 44 years, Mrs. Hind has admirably served as the Executive 
Director of the Southwest Georgia Council on Aging, an agency that 
oversees programs for senior citizens in 14 counties in Southwest 
Georgia. This distinguished agency was incorporated in 1966 to address 
the needs of older people in Dougherty County, Georgia. Over the years, 
Mrs. Hind has successfully led the agency to meet the needs of the 
ever-increasing number of senior citizens living in southwest Georgia.
  Due in large part to her successful professional career and her 
unyielding advocacy on behalf of America's seniors, Mrs. Hind has been 
recognized repeatedly for her occupational achievements. Mrs. Hind has 
received the Trailblazer Award from the 100 Black Men of Southwest 
Georgia; the Georgia Gerontology Society's John Tyler Mauldin Award; 
the Darton College Woman of Worth Award; and the Elsie Alvis Excellence 
in Aging Award. Additionally, she has served as a delegate to the White 
House Conference on Aging on four separate occasions.
  Mrs. Hind has achieved numerous successes in her life, but none of 
this would have been possible without the support of her late husband 
of 39 years, Mr. John Carswell Hind and her three loving children--
Richard, Ken and Gail.
  On a personal note, Mrs. Hind has served as an advisor and friend to 
me for many years and she has frequently given me wise counsel and 
sound advice. I am especially grateful to her for her unyielding 
advocacy and ongoing efforts in trying to secure a new, state of the 
art senior center in Albany, Georgia. Her tireless efforts in fighting 
for this new facility is just one of the many reasons that people 
throughout the state of Georgia and across our country have come to 
admire and respect Mrs. Hind.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in paying tribute 
to Mrs. Kay Hind for her life of selfless service to the seniors and 
working families in Georgia and throughout our United States of 
America.

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