IYV seeks to promote and increase volunteerism worldwide, and to create stronger government, nonprofit, and private sector partnerships of volunteer efforts. It is time to recognize our shared traditions of volunteering and commit to volunteering as a unifying force to build strong communities. We give special recognition to our volunteers as Minnesota Celebrates 2001 as the International Year of the Volunteers , which is this year's statewide theme for volunteer recognition. Volunteers are truly serving every day throughout Minnesota. Last year, approximately 85 people volunteered from Clearwater County and surrounding areas to enhance the quality of life for the patients and residents of Clearwater Health Services.
Volunteers are vital to the success of our communities.
Clearwater Health Services would like to thank our community members who deserve special recognition as model volunteers in this International Year of Volunteers. We're inspired by the advances we see in medicine, but we're most proud of the quality professionals that exhibit acts of caring toward our patients every day of the year. The 6th Annual Community Breakfast is planned for Friday, May 11th from 7-10 a.m. at the Bagley American Legion, in conjunction with National Hospital Week and National Nursing Home Week. This is the 80th anniversary of National Hospital Week, an event begun in 1921 at the suggestion of a magazine editor who was concerned that the public perceived hospitals as institutions shrouded in secrecy. Today, National Hospital Week is celebrated in every major city.