11/11 - National Hospice & Palliative Care MonthWHEREAS, more than 1.5 million Americans each year living with life -limiting illness, and their families, receive care from
the nation's hospice programs; and
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care offer the highest quality services and support to patients and family caregivers facing
serious and life -limiting illness; and
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care providers take the time to ask what is important to those they are caring for; and
WHEREAS, more than 468,000 trained volunteers contribute 22 million hours of service to hospice programs annually; and
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care providers encourage everyone to learn more about options of care and to share their
wishes with family, loved ones, and their healthcare professionals;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Tammi Fisher, Mayor of the City of Kalispell, do hereby proclaim the month of November, 2011 as
and I encourage all citizens to increase their understanding and awareness of care at the end of life and to observe this month
with appropriate activities and programs.
DATED this 7th day of November, 2011.
Tammi Fisher
Mayor