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FOXX NOMINEE DORIS DICK SERVES AS DELEGATE TO WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING
Washington, DC,
December 22, 2005
Doris B. Dick, of Hamptonville, N.C., recently attended the 2005 White House Conference on Aging to help make aging policy recommendations to the President and the U.S. Congress and to assist the public and private sectors in promoting dignity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doris B. Dick, of Hamptonville, N.C., recently attended the 2005 White House Conference on Aging to help make aging policy recommendations to the President and the U.S. Congress and to assist the public and private sectors in promoting dignity, health, independence and economic security of current and future generations of seniors. “I was proud to nominate Doris Dick to serve as a delegate to this very important conference,” said Rep. Foxx. “Doris is very committed to improving the lives of seniors. She has been working at the state and national level for many years and is very well-known and respected. I know that she was an outstanding representative for the Fifth District and North Carolina.” Dick currently serves as the Director of the Yadkin County Elder Affairs Department. She is a member of the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature Executive Board where she served two terms as Speaker, Speaker Pro-Tempore of the National Silver Haired Congress House of Representatives, a member of the North Carolina Governor’s Aging Advisory Council, the Region I Area Chair of the Agency on Aging Advisory Board, Co-founder and Vice-President of the Yadkin County Volunteer Medical Ministry Executive Board and Chair of the Yadkin County Aging Planning Board. Dick has received a number of honors include the North Carolina Governor’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the Ernest B. Messer North Carolina Senior Citizen of the Year Award, the Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award and many more. The White House Conference on Aging occurs only once a decade. This year’s conference was especially important since the first wave of the baby boom generation is preparing to enter retirement, creating an important opportunity to creatively assess aging in America and improve the lives of older Americans. Past White House Conferences on Aging have contributed to the establishment of many key aging programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, the Supplemental Security Income Program, Social Security reforms, and establishment of the National Institute on Aging. Past Conferences also led to creation of a national nutrition program for older persons, and establishment of the national aging network. ### |