06 LC 36
0370
House
Resolution 2269
By:
Representative Drenner of the
86th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Mary K. Brittain, D.C.; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mary K. Brittain, D.C. was born in Leeds, Alabama, a small town just outside
Birmingham, where she rode horses on the farm; and
WHEREAS,
her father was a dentist, and "Dr. Mary," as her patients call her, helped him
in his practice and assisted in making patients comfortable; and
WHEREAS,
those who have known her from the time she was a young girl say that she has
always taken care of others and, indeed, she has spent her entire life trying to
help people and to make them feel better; and
WHEREAS,
she graduated in September, 1985 from Life Chiropractic College in Marietta,
Georgia, with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree and entered private practice
opening her first office in Midtown Atlanta, where she began her community
outreach work; and
WHEREAS,
in 1993, she moved her practice to Lenox Pointe Office Park in Buckhead and
remained in that location until December, 2005; and
WHEREAS,
throughout her years of practice, she has found time to participate in numerous
outreach and community service organizations, including Alter-Care, the
nonprofit alternative health care clinic she founded and of which she served as
president, which offered free chiropractic treatment, massage therapy, and
counseling services, as well as a caring social network for people living with
HIV and AIDS, from 1990 through 1998; and
WHEREAS,
in 1997, Atlanta's WXIA TV presented her with an Outstanding Community Service
Award for her Alter-Care program, and that same year she was voted "Best
Chiropractor" in Creating Loafing's "Best of Atlanta" issue; and
WHEREAS,
from 1995 through 1997, she effectively served as President of the Board of
Billings House, another nonprofit organization that offered help to the HIV and
AIDS community; and
WHEREAS,
she has continued her work as a healer in every sense of the word, focusing her
unlimited energy on physical and emotional wellness of her patients, family, and
friends; and
WHEREAS,
everyone who meets her understands why she is so widely recognized throughout
the Atlanta health care community and this state and why she is so well-loved;
and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that Dr. Mary K. Brittain, healer of body
and of heart, be recognized for her inspiring service to her community and to
the citizens of the State of Georgia.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body recognize and commend Mary K. Brittain, D.C. for her many achievements
and for her outstanding contributions to her community and state.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mary K.
Brittain, D.C.