What can I do as a volunteer?
Hospice Care Network integrates volunteers in all aspects of its programs.
Patient Care Volunteers:
- Provide practical help for overburdened families
- Offer respite relief to allow caregivers a few hours "off"
- Read, write, listen or sit by the side of a person who is on our program
- Hairdressers/barbers can donate their skills
- Act as a friendly visitor
- Become members of HCN’s Speakers’ Bureau
Administrative Volunteers:
- Provide assistance to Office Staff with clerical assignments
- Utilize computer skills
- Attend to special projects
Bereavement Volunteers:
- Provide assistance to Hospice Bereavement Staff
- Provide support to Hospice family members by making telephone calls, sending cards and correspondence
Junior Volunteers:
- Donate time as part of school projects
- Utilize their knowledge, such as computer skills, to assist with office projects
- Become a Lollipop Leader - these volunteers are trained to work with children, assisting the children's bereavement department with groups, being a buddy, and working with arts and crafts.
Pet Therapy Volunteers:
- Provided in partnership with the Bide-A-Wee home
Special Skills Volunteers:
- Are involved in Committees and Board of Trustees participation
- Take an active part in fundraising and special events
- Graphic design
- Give a haircut
- Researcher
My family and I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to each and everyone of the wonderful people who cared for my husband. He was always treated with devoted and kind hands and was made as comfortable and pain free as possible. 
