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Owensboro proclaims November 2025 for home care, hospice services, and homelessness awareness
Summary
The commission read proclamations naming November 2025 as National Care at Home Month and Hospice & Palliative Care Week and as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week; hospice providers noted free grief services and self-referral options and thanked the city for support.
At the start of the meeting, Mayor Tom Watson read two proclamations: one designating November 2025 as National Care at Home Month and National Hospice and Palliative Care Week in Owensboro, and another declaring November 2025 as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and November as Homelessness Awareness Month in the city.
Representatives from a local hospice/palliative organization introduced themselves and described services. Hannah Cecil, the organization’s marketing coordinator, said the group has provided hospice and palliative services for more than 47 years in surrounding counties and emphasized free grief-support services available to anyone, whether or not they had received hospice care. She also stressed that individuals or families may self-refer to hospice services.
Commissioner Jeff Sanford read the homelessness proclamation, citing local organizations that shelter people and provide supportive services. Speakers and commissioners encouraged citizens to support food and shelter efforts, noting concerns about potential SNAP benefit changes and urging donations to local food organizations.
The proclamations are ceremonial and aim to raise public awareness; no formal policy action was taken during these agenda items.
