The time to sit with your family member so that you can make that doctor's appointment or go to the grocery store or enjoy an evening at the movies...

We have the time to share a cup of coffee and trade stories, wisdom, or simply share the silence that often accompanies the satisfying knowledge that you are providing the person you love with the best care possible and are doing it in an environment they find friendly, secure, and loving...

Your needs define what we do...

You have already met the doctors, the nurses, and other health care professionals who are assisting in the care and comfort of your loved one. You are also aware of the services the social worker may be able to provide. Perhaps your clergyperson also became involved. With all this professional help available, you wonder what is there for a volunteer to do...

Baby-sit? Mow the lawn? Take the children out? Spend some time with the patient playing cards, watching a ball game, listening to a life's story, hold a hand? Talk with a troubled family member? Run an errand? Make the coffee?

Every family has its own special needs and Hospice chooses from its list of volunteers someone with talents that fit your particular needs.

Who are we?

We are your neighbors. We hold down various jobs, worship in various places, represent various ethnic groups. We are men and women. We share in common the experience of a volunteer training course and continuing education on topics relevant to Hospice Volunteers. Some of us have been intimately involved in the very task you are undertaking as the primary caregiver of a loved one. Others of us applaud your efforts and desire to do what we can to help.

HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS
        Adults (18 or older) are needed to work as a member of the volunteer staff supporting the Hinds Hospice Home and are involved with the maintaining of the home environment and are not involved in direct patient care. The volunteers are oriented to proper telephone etiquette, use of the kitchen when food is being prepared, laundry and family support, and greeter.
Hinds Hospice is requesting that those interested have a good telephone and voice manner, have the ability to interact well with people and are dependable.
        4 ½ hour shifts and 2 hour shifts are available seven days a week. You may choose as little as 1 shift per month. An annual TB test is required for the Hospice Home volunteer.
This could be the volunteer work for you! If you are ready to volunteer call (559) 226-5683 between 8 A.M. and 4 P.M. Monday through Friday and ask for Dawn at extension 136.
 

Fund Development Volunteer Group

We have formed a NEW volunteer group of people interested in the fund development side of the organization. Volunteer possibilities within the group include staffing events or exhibits, ticket sales to various events, selling See’s Candy or Entertainment books, setting up donation boxes throughout the community and a variety of other fundraising possibilities. If you would like to raise money for Hinds Hospice and wish to be on this dynamite team, please call Samantha or Cynthia at (559) 248-8591.