. >>> my name is keith verner. i started at my tree five months ago. i guess i was 87 pounds. i'm '5 11 silk. i couldn't walk. i have no wheelchair. ~ under their hospice program which means they're pretty much going to make you comfortable [speaker not understood]. and now with their care, it looks like i'm going to be eventually walking out of there on my own two legs. so, i, you know, they're major important to so many people i've seen [speaker not understood]. i don't know, you know, i wouldn't have made it a week without them. so, thank you very much. >>> thank you, supervisors, and dr. garcia. i'm stu smith and i've been a client and volunteer with [speaker not understood] for a quarter of a century. shante saved my life and gave me purpose in life. it trained me how to [speaker not understood] on an emotional support to others with terminal illness, especially aids. it did more than that, though. this training, i just went through the training again so i can have another client to work with. this emotional support as well as the other services introduced me to ward 86 a

. >>> my name is keith verner. i started at my tree five months ago. i guess i was 87 pounds. i'm '5 11 silk. i couldn't walk. i have no wheelchair. ~ under their hospice program which means they're pretty much going to make you comfortable [speaker not understood]. and now with their care, it looks like i'm going to be eventually walking out of there on my own two legs. so, i, you know, they're major important to so many people i've seen [speaker not understood]. i don't know, you know, i wouldn't have made it a week without them. so, thank you very much. >>> thank you, supervisors, and dr. garcia. i'm stu smith and i've been a client and volunteer with [speaker not understood] for a quarter of a century. shante saved