In order to improve our services and be assured that we are meeting the expectations of our applicants we have been sending out the following, follow-up questionnaire:

To date the results are overwhelming and awe-inspiring in that we have received 100% acclamation and a totality of affirmative responses to every question, without one negative retort. The comments have all been laudatory, a sampling of some:

comments as of 5/13/02

"Your service is very good. Please keep up the good work. I have already talked to a few friends and family members about your service and gave them your address. I am sure they will feel good as I do about your services. Thank you."

"Your organization provides a much needed service. Thank you."

"I was very well satisfied with the way everything was presented to me and taken care of."

"You do a great job."

"Am very pleased! Exactly what I have been looking for 2 or 3 yrs. I'm telling anyone else who might be interested about your services."

"I have already recommended SANCTUARY to a number of friends and relatives."

"I was extremely satisfied with the Living Will and Health Care Proxy. I am very grateful for your input. Thank you again."

"We were very pleased and recommend your organization to our friends and other workers."

"Very pleased. We help any friends who are interested. Thank you."

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As a consequence of Saul Friedman's [N.Y. Newsday weekly column "Gray Matters" July 17, 1999] the following is a sampling of the comments we received from applicants:

"Convey my utmost thanks to Saul Friedman (NY Newsday weekly column Gray Matters) and Sanctuary for their care and devotion to the elderly individuals like myself."
J.S.

"We appreciate the valuable work you are doing."
R.S.

"I am severely disabled and need it".
A.F.

"These topics are very important to me at this stage of life."

"We applaud your efforts on behalf of seniors faced with the prospect of leaving life care decisions in the hands of strangers."
L.G.

"As a 91 year old widow, I want to empower my son to carry my wishes if I become incapacitated."
F.S.

"I thank you kindly and pray that God Bless  you."
D.G.

"Having lived through the difficulties of articulating the wishes of close relatives unable to make their own medical decisions I appreciate the opportunity to provide my children with documentation of my own wishes, you are providing an invaluable service."
E.B.

"I filled out a (so called) Health Proxy from another attorney but wasn't given a wallet Emergency card."
D.W.

"This is a much needed service to elderly people."
M.J.

"I had a very bad family hospital experience which prompted me to make out this living will-proxy. I am passing out your literature to all my family, friends, and co-workers. You provide a great service."
L.E.

Sanctuary, Inc.
PO Box 528
Bayside, N.Y. 11361
email: HCProxy@aol.com

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