[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN RECOGNITION OF GORDON HARGROVE

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2014

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the work of Gordon 
Hargrove, who will soon enter his fiftieth year of service to the 
community at Friendly House in Worcester, Massachusetts.
  Friendly House opened in 1920. Its mission was to promote the health 
of Worcester neighborhoods by integrating immigrants into the cultural 
and civic life of the city. In 1965, after volunteering for several 
years, Gordon Hargrove was hired as the first Program Director for 
Friendly House. The following year, Friendly House received its first 
federal grant, which enabled it to provide social services to 2,000 
seniors, teens and needy neighborhood families. While Friendly House 
remained faithful to its mission of welcoming the stranger, it offered 
new programs to respond to new needs of the community.
  Worcester is so fortunate that Mr. Hargrove was there to guide these 
new projects. By 1970, Mr. Hargrove assumed the Executive Director 
position, which he continues to hold. Today, under Mr. Hargrove's 
direction, Friendly House provides housing, emergency help, food, 
medical care, after-school and summer programs, day care, senior 
programs, and counseling to inner-city families.
  On behalf of the people of Worcester, I thank Gordon Hargrove for his 
exemplary selflessness and extraordinary service. I know my House 
colleagues will join me in congratulating Gordon for reaching fifty 
years of working at Friendly House, and wishing him continued success 
in the years to come.

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