LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Homecrest Community Services upon the
occasion of its Annual Chinese New Year Banquet and celebration of 14
years of service to Brooklyn's Chinese American community on March 4,
2011

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and
applaud institutions which faithfully serve the needs of the community
and its citizens with diligence and compassionate commitment to improv-
ing the quality and dignity of life in the community; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern and fully in accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the intent of this Legislative Body to
commend Homecrest Community Services, Inc. (HCS) for 14 years of exem-
plary service to Brooklyn's Chinese-American community upon the occasion
of its Annual Chinese New Year Banquet, to be held at Jing Fong Restau-
rant on March 4, 2011, welcoming the Year of the Rabbit, 4709; and
WHEREAS, Homecrest Community Services is a non-profit multi-social
service agency serving more than 3,000 senior citizens, immigrants, and
families, primarily from China and other southeast Asian countries, who
have relocated to southern Brooklyn in recent years; and
WHEREAS, Congregate hot lunches, social adult daycare, English as a
Second Language and civics classes, benefit assistance, health
promotion, and educational and cultural services are provided at Home-
crest Community Services' Sheepshead Bay and Bensonhurst Senior Centers;
and
WHEREAS, Remaining true to its mission, Homecrest Community Services
continues to work diligently to expand and improve its services to the
citizens and community it serves and merits the praise and recognition
of this Legislative Body; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Homecrest Community Services upon the occasion of its Annual
Chinese New Year Banquet and celebration of 14 years of service to
Brooklyn's Chinese-American community on March 4, 2011; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Homecrest Community Services.