What Visiting Volunteers do:

• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to be part of overall patient care
• Listen to the client and his/her family with a sympathetic ear
• Try to ease patient suffering and discomfort through emphathetic measures
• Our Visiting Volunteers all successfully complete a 5 week training course prior to visitations. During this time, we stress the importance of respecting the confidentiality of the clients and their families.
• Volunteer Positions:

 

Visit our palliative clients

• Sit on the Board of Directors
• Be a committee member and participate in fundraising, advertising and recruitment
• Help with administrative duties

 

Benefits for the Volunteer

• Bring comfort to someone in their final days
• Make caring connections
• Make a difference in your community
• Heighten your awareness of this stage of life and help decrease negative perceptions