She has worked with healthcare professionals, HIV workers
and community support groups to help coordinate the best possible care for
people living with these diseases.

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"Sally is a role model for people with depression.welcomebackawards.

Airline Bike Ride Kicks off today to raise Money and Awareness for 9-11 Memorials

They faced incredible
struggles and did the best they could to survive and unimaginable situation,"
said Heidenberger. Flight crews did their best to alert others and
react to the attacks .

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She co-founded
the pioneering San Diego Older Adult Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Coalition to help her community understand that depression doesn't have to be
suffered in silence during life 's latter years. It has been said that hospices provide a caring sanctuary,
nurturing the dying, supporting the living and caring for the community.

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Sponsored by
Lilly, the Welcome Back Awards is a national program that recognizes
outstanding individuals who make a difference in the depression community.com .

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Recently, Shepherd developed an innovative educational program about HIV
and depression -- two illnesses that often occur together, and can impact
treatment choices.

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Shepherd 's behalf.

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, Our heartfelt sympathies,
thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and caregivers of Terri
Schiavo who died earlier today. But, Terri's memory might be best
honored by conversations we have with each other about our end-of-life
decisions -- what we want and what we do not want, the care we choose to
receive and the caregivers who provide it," said J.
"Talk now, before a crisis, to ensure that conflict about end-of-life
treatment decisions doesn't happen to your family . WASHINGTON, The first leg of the "Airline Ride
Across America" began today in Los Angeles, CA .

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Shepherd felt cheated when the severity of her depression forced her
to leave her job. Rodrigo Munoz , MD, Welcome Back Awards committee member and
clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.

A Nation's Complicated Grief: Hospice Offers Some Reflections

Mourning the death of a loved one is never easy; doing so in these
circumstances is even more complex and painful. Whatever our own feelings and positions, we honor the courage,
the conviction and the passion of all those of who expressed their opinions.
"The end of a life is never easy.
"9-11 is a day that means so much to so many, a day of tragedy, a day of
loss and a day to reflect.

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Advocate Honored for Tireless Work on Behalf of the Underserved
Within the Mental Health Community

ATLANTA, When she began volunteering at
the San Diego chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI),
Sally Shepherd's life had been torn apart by depression. It had robbed her of
a meaningful career as a nurse, destroyed many of her personal relationships,
and the electroconvulsive therapy she turned to as a last resort had erased
memories from a year of her life. In
addition to her award, a $10,000 contribution from Lilly will be shared
between NAMI San Diego and the San Diego Older Adult Coalition, on Ms.
For more route maps and donation information about the "Airline Ride
Across America" please visit http://www.airlineride .

Articles or research on grief, loss, or bereavement issues.

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She is living proof
that it's possible to fight back against the crippling blow depression can
deal," said Dr.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050516 /WBACKLOGO
http://www. We
will continue to offer this special care with respect, dignity and compassion.
Information on grief, advance care planning, and end-of-life care can be
found at http://www.

Media Contact:
Jon Radulovic
Vice President of Communications
Ph: 703-837-3139
jradulovic@nhpco. "I am raising money and awareness for all three of the 9-11
memorials, for all of the flight crews and in the end for everyone who
experienced that terrible day. On many legs of the ride different
family members of victims of the attacks will join Tom's riding team.org.

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Eli Lilly
and Company sponsors the national awards program, which is in its seventh
year. Donald Schumacher,
president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.caringinfo.

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This loss fueled a determination to fight ignorance and
stigma about mental illness, and to reach out to those affected by it, many of
whom are often overlooked.org.

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For touching the lives of thousands of San Diegans in need,
Shepherd has been honored by an independent panel of national mental health
leaders with the 2005 Welcome Back Award for lifetime achievement .
"Her own struggle for wellness, and her struggle to give everyone a chance at
education, support and recovery has become an inspiration for thousands in the
San Diego area and beyond.
Terri 's life and death prompted a public, passionate and personal debate
that transcends one person; it has, in some way, become about our life and
death choices."
The ride will last 33 days and each day a different flight crew member
will have their own day of remembrance.

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Shepherd has strengthened the focus of NAMI, a
non-profit group dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental
illness , onto providing support, advocacy and education to all that need it,
by actively including the elderly , people with HIV and the friends and
families of those with depression.org.
"One of the segments of people who perished that day who have been widely
forgotten are the flight crews on those four airplanes.

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Ms. Thomas Heidenberger the lead cyclist and organizer of the
'Ride' has been an airline pilot for over 30 years and lost his wife Michele,
who was a flight attendant on Flight 77 , in the attack on the Pentagon.

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Nevertheless, she persevered in treatment
and found meaning again by reaching out to others with depression --
especially those that are often overlooked, such as the elderly and people
with HIV.

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For more information, call 800-463-6440 or visit
http://www .com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031219/LLYLOGO )

Those of us who never knew Terri Schiavo also grieve her
passing and feel compassion for her loved ones.
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is proud of the role
hospices have played in the past weeks, providing information, resources and
support to tens of thousands of people seeking to clearly express their end-
of -life wishes to their family and loved ones."
As values-based organizations, honoring individual wishes, faith and
cultural traditions and the natural cycle of life, hospices across the country
help patients and families grapple with difficult decisions and situations
every day.

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Because Shepherd's own depression occurred mid-life, she has become known
as a powerful advocate for older adults with mental illness.newscom. We must never forget the sacrifices and the
spirit of survival our country felt that day.

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"Education is crucial in making sure that all people struggling
with depression are diagnosed, treated, and supported in a way that best works
for them.
Nominations for the 2006 Lilly Welcome Back Awards may be submitted by
anyone wishing to recognize an individual for outstanding achievements within
the depression community.

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I hope this ride makes people remember that and reminds
them to help build these memorials," said Heidenberger.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. The 'Ride' is a cross country
fundraising bicycle ride that will honor the flight crews who were lost on
September 11th.

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"
Shepherd speaks on NAMI's behalf to people living with depression as well
as their loved ones, giving advice on talking openly about depression."
Shepherd is one of six individuals who will be honored at the seventh
annual Welcome Back Awards ceremony on May 21, in Atlanta.

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"I was an experienced medical professional , but I didn't recognize what
was going wrong when it happened to me and neither did anyone around me," said
Shepherd. Most grieving takes place on
an individual level, but, all across our nation , Terri became part of our
daily consciousness. There were 33 flight crew members who
perished in the September 11th attacks.

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Part of
the support team includes Sherrie Burlingame whose husband Chic Burlingame was
the pilot on Flight 77.

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NAMI-San Diego President Wins National Lifetime Achievement Award

She
tells audiences how she educated her husband about the illness, and how he
went from not understanding depression, to giving his own educational speeches
to NAMI audiences. The
Ride is designed to raise funds and awareness for all three of the proposed 9-
11 memorials, the Flight 93 Memorial in Shankesville, the World Trade Center
Memorial and the Pentagon Memorial. Heidenberger will be making the ride with a team of 4
other riders and will have police escorts through most of the country. But I want it to also be a day that we remember
individuals make differences.

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