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Caring for Our Parents - Do You Care?
Jul 31, 2007
Focus: Health
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States
I urge you to sign this and forward this to Care2 friends, let's step this one up as well, please share this with family, friends, colleagues and anyone else who cares about their parents. I would like to thank each one of you for participating in caring for our elderly. It's they who have brought us into this world. So, let's take care of our seniors who have done so much for us. We owe them for so many things, let's not forget them, let's not push this under the carpet, let's step up and take action on this extremely import petition. Again, I thank you for your signature and for your support.

With God's Love,
Richard

GIVE GOD PRAISE & GLORY



Original Message:
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Dear Friends,

I have created my first petition on a subject that is near & dear to my heart.  As some of you know, I live with a mental illness.  This illness has taken a great toll on myself & my family.  When I became aware of the fact that "The rate of suicide among older adults is higher than that for any other age group and among those 85 years and older, is the highest rate of all.  Nearly 7,000 older adults died by suicide in 2004, the most recent statistics available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," it broke my heart.

I sincerely hope that you will support this petition by signing it and forwarding it to EVERYONE on your friends list.  Our country needs to do something today to protect the ones that we love.  Please help make this petition a success.  If we do not stand up to protect our parents, grandparents, etc., who will?

Take Action to Prevent Senior Suicide


Thank you & God Bless,


Christine
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