{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2133-4", "2006-12-08", 109, 2, null, null, "IN RECOGNITION OF THE AUXILIARY TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER, INC. ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E2133", "E2134", "[{\"name\": \"Carolyn B. Maloney\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2133", "Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2133-E2134]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN RECOGNITION OF THE AUXILIARY TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER, INC. ON\n         THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING\n\n                                 ______\n\n                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY\n\n                              of new york\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006\n\n  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the Auxiliary to Bellevue\nHospital Center, Inc., which is celebrating its 100th anniversary of\nservice to the community. During that\n\n[[Page E2134]]\n\ntime, the Auxiliary has developed into an invaluable resource for\nBellevue Hospital, one of our Nation's most renowned hospitals. Over\nthe past 100 years the Auxiliary has provided in excess of $45 million\nin support, piloted numerous new programs and been a source of\nsatisfying work for thousands of volunteers. At their gala recognizing,\nthey are honoring Rita J. Kaplan, for her philanthropy, Dr. Robert S.\nHolzman, for patient care, and Michael ``Buzzy'' O'Keeffe, for\ncommunity service. They are all sterling examples of the extraordinary\nvolunteers who have made the Auxiliary such a superb institution.\n  The Auxiliary was founded in 1906 by a group of socially conscious\nwomen who wanted to support the Bellevue Tuberculosis Clinic. Among\nother things, they created a Day Camp in 1908 on the old ferryboat\n``Southfield,'' anchored off the Bellevue Hospital grounds, so that\npatients could spend time in the open air. Contemporaneously, another\ngroup of philanthropic-minded women formed the Convalescent Relief\nCommittee to assist in the well-being, care and convalescence of\nBellevue patients. In 1907 a third group, The Synagogue Committee\nformed to translate for Yiddish-speaking Bellevue patients and provide\nfor their social service needs.\n  The three groups grew steadily until their work encompassed every\nward and clinic at the hospital. Eventually they recognized that they\nwould accomplish more by working together. Thus, in 1940 the Auxiliary\nmerged with the Convalescent Relief Committee and the Synagogue\nCommittee and in 1945 the Auxiliary was legally incorporated as the\nSocial Service Auxiliary to Bellevue Hospital. In 1956, the\norganization adopted its current name: the Auxiliary to Bellevue\nHospital Center, Inc.\n  Volunteers have entertained patients and provided caring assistance\nto those in need. Additionally, through the years, the Auxiliary's\nvolunteers have launched innumerable projects to serve Bellevue's\npatients. For example, in 1941 the Auxiliary founded and began staffing\nthree patient libraries located in the TB, general and psychiatric\ndivisions. The Interfaith Chaplaincy Program also counts on Auxiliary\nvolunteers to help them attend to the patients' spiritual needs.\n  Volunteers have raised money for the hospital through a number of\ndifferent enterprises and fundraising events, providing millions of\ndollars for the Hospital's needs. From thrift shops through coffee\nshops, the Auxiliary has been entrepreneurial in its approach to\nfundraising. The Auxiliary's Stuyvesant Square Thrift Shop at 80th\nStreet is considered one of the best places in Manhattan to find\ninexpensive designer wear and other interesting clothes. The thrift\nshop is the successor to The Little Jack Horner Shop which opened\nduring the Depression to serve patients and their families by providing\nlow priced wares and clothing. The Bellevue Snack Bar opened on May 23,\n1956 and has served physicians, staff and visitors to Bellevue Hospital\nwhile providing revenue for the Auxiliary's needs. Fifty years later\nthe snack bar, now the Coffee Shop, continues to operate. The Bellevue\nNewsstand was created by the Auxiliary in 1970 and continues as a\ncombination Newsstand/Gift Shop.\n  Notwithstanding the changes that have taken place during the past 100\nyears, service continues to be the Auxiliary's primary mission. Today's\nAuxiliary is a vibrant organization comprised of caring and involved\npeople who pride themselves on having an impact on the well-being of\nall of the patients of Bellevue Hospital Center.\n  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting the hard-\nworking, caring and compassionate volunteers of the Auxiliary to\nBellevue for their 100 years of service to the patients of Bellevue\nHospital. Every patient who passed through its doors has benefitted\nfrom their dedication.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2133-4"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.466477056965232, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}