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YMCA Honors Representative Vern Buchanan

Coconut Telegraph

SRQ DAILY

SATURDAY APR 1, 2017 |

YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for America’s 2,700 YMCAs, honored Representative Vern Buchanan for his support of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act through his leadership on the House Ways, Means Committee, House Diabetes Caucus, and for his leadership on the Family First Prevention Services Act. Laura Gilbert, President and CEO of the Sarasota YMCA, presented Representative Buchanan the award in Washington, D.C. Laura Gilbert, President and CEO of the Sarasota YMCA, presented Representative Buchanan the award in Washington, D.C. “We’re fortunate to have Representative Buchanan as such an advocate for chronic disease prevention programs such as diabetes and for his continual support of foster care programs and services,” said Gilbert.

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