BUSINESS BRIEFS
Hospice CEO elected to NHPCO

Covenant Hospice President and CEO, Dale O. Knee, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Voting delegates from end of life care organizations throughout the nation elected Knee to the Board, and he will represent the members of NHPCO on a national level.

NHPCO, the oldest and largest non-profit public benefit organization that represents hospice and palliative care programs, is committed to improving the end of life care and expanding access to hospice care.

"The selection comes at a particularly challenging time for hospices and I look forward to the opportunities this presents to contribute and help promote Covenant's mission of community and hospice caring as a model to help improve end of life care in this country," said Knee.

Knee has served as President and CEO of Covenant Hospice and the Covenant Hospice Foundation since 1993. When he joined what was then known as Hospice of Northwest Florida, the organization he led served four counties and had a daily census of 132 patients.

Under his leadership, Covenant Hospice grew into one of the largest not-for-profit hospice systems in the nation. Today, covenant has two inpatient units and an average daily census of more than 1,300 patients and cares for patients and their loved ones in 35 counties spanning Florida and Alabama.

GB Rotary seeks nominations

The Gulf Breeze Rotary Club is soliciting nominations for its annual Citizen of the Year award.

The Object of Rotary International is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; high ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; the application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Those nominated for the Citizen of the Year should model some or most of the standards listed above. Do you know someone who builds good will and better friendships, who regularly serves others, who has a high level of integrity in his or her personal and professional life and who largely goes unrecognized? The Rotary Citizen of the Year award granted by the Gulf Breeze Club is a way to afford that individual proper thanks for all they do.

Contact Vici Papajohn at 850- 932-8986 or email her at vici@gulfbreezenews.com to nominate someone.

Manna celebrates 25 years

Manna invites the community to this 25th anniversary fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Manna's main pantry, located 116 East Gonzalez St. in Pensacola.

Select a bowl to fill with soups prepared by local chefs and take the bowl home as a keepsake. Choose from more than 400 unique bowls donated by faculty and students from PJC's Arts Department. For more information, call 850-432- 2053.