LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Sandra Love upon the occasion of her
designation as the recipient of the 2009 African American Heritage Award
on February 27, 2009

WHEREAS, It is the practice of this Legislative Body to take note of and
publicly acknowledge those exemplary individuals whose purposeful lives
and distinguished careers have been committed to bettering the quality
of life in this great Empire State; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
Sandra Love upon the occasion of her designation as a recipient of the
2009 African American Heritage Award at a ceremony to be held on Friday,
February 27, 2009, at The Bronx Library Center; and
WHEREAS, A woman of singular distinction, Sandra Love has continually
demonstrated extreme competence, extraordinary intelligence, and dili-
gent leadership in her unwavering service to her community and profes-
sion and consequently has been designated for this most prestigious
honor; and
WHEREAS, For nearly three decades, Sandra Love has served the people
of the South and Southeast Bronx in a variety of civic and professional
endeavors; she has especially devoted herself to assuring that the
health care needs of the Bronx's medically indigent population are prop-
erly met; and
WHEREAS, Sandra Love attended North Carolina Central University and
earned a degree from the College of New Rochelle; while working in the
community, she became acutely aware of the problems affecting the people
who resided in the area and was determined to do something to help them;
and
WHEREAS, An opportunity to do just that presented itself in 1980, with
a job opening at Area Policy Board No. 9; as the Board's Executive
Director and Consulting Director, working with a variety of government
agencies and private sector institutions, Sandra Love was responsible
for supervising activities to ensure the efficient execution of policies
and services to the community's residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, During her esteemed tenure with Board No. 9, Sandra Love
became aware that the population of the Southeast Bronx was drastically,
if not dangerously, underserved in the area of health care; in 1982, she
joined Soundview Health Center, which had recently begun its mission of
delivering preventive health care and access to a variety of social
services to the community; and
WHEREAS, As Soundview's Director of Marketing and Patient Relations,
Sandra Love helped set the health center's goals and objectives and
developed programs to make health care more accessible; these included
free health screening, lectures, workshops, childhood immunization
services and school health programs; and
WHEREAS, In 1984, Sandra Love accepted the position of Vice President
of the Comprehensive Community Development Corporation (CCDC), Soundview
Health Center's parent organization; in this capacity, she was instru-
mental in the expansion of the organization's medical and social
services; and
WHEREAS, One of her many responsibilities with CCDC has included
establishing relationships with countless community groups in order to
determine the health care needs of the residents of the area; subse-
quently, she has helped create a senior center, a day care center, a
Head Start program, a comprehensive AIDS/HIV outreach program and
several satellite health centers affiliated with Soundview; and

WHEREAS, In 2008, Sandra Love began serving as the Administrator of
the Delany Sisters Medical Center which is also a division of the Sound-
view HealthCare Network; she oversees a wide array of services on a
day-to-day basis which include specialty and primary care; and
WHEREAS, Despite her busy profession, Sandra Love has been called upon
to contribute her time and talents to countless civic and charitable
endeavors and has always given of herself unstintingly; and
WHEREAS, She is President of the Lafayette-Boynton Tenants Associ-
ation, a member of the Goodwill Baptist Church in the Bronx, and serves
as the Chairperson of the Tuition Assistance Committee; and
WHEREAS, Her dedication to and success in improving the quality of
life for others have resulted in her receiving numerous awards and acco-
lades; among them are: the YMCA Services to Youth Award, a nomination to
WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN, the Senior Services Provider of the Year
Award, the District Leader Award for Faithful and Untiring Efforts in
Services to Women and Their Families, and a citation from the Sophie
Davis School of Biomedical Education/Community Health and Social Medi-
cine; and
WHEREAS, With her throughout have been her husband, Jerry, and her
three sons, as well as her five grandchildren, all of whom feel privi-
leged to be a part of her life and rejoice in her achievements; and
WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the occurrence of such a compassionate blend-
ing of strength, intellect, and commitment as that demonstrated by
Sandra Love over a lifetime of sacrifice and dedication to others; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, it is appropriate to publicly proclaim and commend those individ-
uals for the edification and emulation of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Sandra Love upon the occasion of her designation as the recipient
of the 2009 African American Heritage Award; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Sandra Love.