Released on: April 23, 2008, 3:55 pm

Press Release Author: Hospice America

Industry: Non Profit

Press Release Summary: American Hospice Foundation, (Hospice America) is honoring
all of the volunteers - both service and workplace giving fundraising volunteers --
who support its mission of improving access to quality hospice care for all.

Press Release Body: [Washington, DC,]- National Volunteer Week is April 27 through
May 3 and the American Hospice Foundation (Hospice America) is honoring all of the
volunteers - both service and fundraising volunteers -- who support its mission of
improving access to quality hospice care through public education, professional
training and advocacy.

Ms. Naomi Naierman, the Foundation President and CEO, notes: "It is important to
honor all volunteers who make it possible for us to accomplish our mission: the
direct service volunteers in hospices and the fundraising volunteers who organize
and run the workplace giving campaigns. We want to thank them for their efforts and
dedication."

As part of the Health 1st Federation, American Hospice Foundation receives
significant funding from workplace giving campaigns, including state and local
campaigns and the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the federal government's
workplace giving campaign. The CFC alone has more than 258,000 federal employee
volunteers who raise millions of dollars for thousands of charities each year, and
their financial support helps provide our services to consumers.

Contrary to popular belief, hospice programs are not only for the elderly or those
with cancer. Hospice services address all terminal conditions and extend to
children and families for whom grief support is provided before and after a death.
American Hospice Foundation has special programs and publications for school age
children that are dealing with grief issues, including, for example, one especially
for military families called Military Kids - Responding to Their Grief. This is
just one way American Hospice Foundation uses the funds it receives from the
Combined Federal Campaign, including the Overseas CFC which is run by the military
and civilian volunteers who are Defense Department employees stationed around the
world.

"Hospice volunteers bring compassion, caring and active assistance to dying patients
and their families who are going through one of life's most difficult times,"
commented Marsha Nelson, American Hospice Foundation Vice President, "As a social
worker, I am very aware of the difference volunteers make. During National
Volunteer week and every week, we are grateful to all of the service and fundraising
volunteers who help us to reach our goal of spreading the hospice message. We are
pleased that this celebration of volunteering allows us to remind everyone that,
without the dedication and commitment of all of types of volunteers, we would be a
much poorer society."

As a member of the Health 1st Federation, American Hospice Foundation is listed in
workplace giving campaigns as Hospice America. Its CFC# is 10362.


Web Site: http://www.americanhospice.org

Contact Details: Contact: Naomi Naierman
Phone 202-223-0204
Email: ahf@americanhospice.org
www.americanhospice.org