People in Pursuit to Haiti Honored for Outreach Efforts Rockland County lawmakers have recognized Haitian officials, local organizations, a team of local public safety experts that recently completed a volunteer pursuit to earthquake-ravaged Haiti yet others who've provided help Haiti and it is people.
Very good ceremony was led by Legislator Jacques O. D'I Michel before an audience in excess of 150 people at the County Legislature Chambers in New City.
Michel presented Certificates of Appreciation to the public Safety Response Team - a Rockland delegation of police force, medical, construction and design industry personnel led by Michel - that embarked on the fact-finding mission in June and joined within the ongoing relief efforts and the rebuilding procedure for Haiti's Public Safety, Homeland Security, Correctional facility and Judicial Police networks.
John VespucciAs the former Director of the Rockland County Sheriff's Department Crime Awareness Program, Michel has organized seminars on public safety and professional security tactics for Homeland Security personnel from Haiti. The people in they included: Correction Officers Ruben E. Felix, Seth Felix, Rocky Jean-Louis and Jodi Michel, Parole Officer Mario Alexandre, Police Officer and Respiratory Therapist Jean-Herve Mondestin, and Pierre-Mary Martin, an architect.
Michel, accompanied by Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, also presented certificates to Dr. Neil Christopher, a Brooklyn physician and also to his spouse Lisa Christopher, for their humanitarian aid to Haiti, and also to Haitian Ambassador Raymond Joseph, the Consul General of Haiti, Felix Augustin, the Haitian Secretary of state for Justice Advisor, Joseph Felix Badio, Delta Airlines Performance Leader Susie Pepe, Rockland County Sheriff James Kralik and Spring Valley Officer John Vespucci for ongoing support to Haiti.
John VespucciDistinguished Service Awards were presented to the Haitian Association of Pastors and Evangelical Churches of Rockland, the Rockland Correction Officers Benevolent Association and also the Rockland County Superior Officers Council for their support and dedication towards the Haitian community here as well as in Haiti. Cornell presented a proclamation honoring the Nyack Church of God and it is founder, the Rev. Pastor Jacqueline Kenol Joseph, and also the Rev. Pastor Kenol Joseph for providing to folks of Lazile, Haiti a 50 bed hospital and organizing free clinic services and feeding the epidemic malnourished impoverished rural communities of Haiti before and after the catastrophic January 12, 2010 Earthquake.
"It continues to be hard for Haitian Americans to determine our motherland on her knees," said Michel. "These brave and giving people, motivated by their passion for Haiti, felt the necessity to give back and profit the displaced, injured and suffering people of Haiti. They all deserve this praise and recognition."