(Sept. 15, 2016) Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care needs volunteers throughout the four Lower Shore counties it serves — Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester — and is offering an introduction course, as well as the training required by Maryland, in a combination of on-site and online programs.
Part of the required training will be on-site for one day on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coastal Hospice Volunteer Offices, Philmore Commons, 224 Phillip Morris Dr., Suite 102, Salisbury.
For their convenience, volunteers can take the remainder of the training online on their own time and in their own homes. Arrangements can be made for those who don’t have a computer at home.
Coastal Hospice matches volunteers with their areas of interest and within their schedules. Patient volunteers offer comfort and companionship to patients and their families, provide transportation and deliver supplies.
Other volunteers support the staff with office work, health fairs, fundraising events or by assisting at the Coastal Hospice Thrift Shop in Berlin. Volunteers who are veterans have opportunities to work directly with veteran patients as part of Coastal Hospice’s We Honor Veterans program.
Anyone interested in volunteering for Coastal Hospice can take the first step by reviewing the information available online at CoastalHospice.org/ maryland-hospice-care-volunteer.
For a personal discussion with Sally Rankin, the Coastal Hospice volunteer manager, about volunteer opportunities, call her at 410-742-8732. To register for training, call or email volservices@coastalhospice.org.
Founded in 1980, Coastal Hospice is a nonprofit health care organization that cares for individuals facing life-limiting conditions but who want to remain as active and engaged as possible. Coastal Hospice cares for patients in their home, nursing home, assisted living facility or at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.
Part of the required training will be on-site for one day on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coastal Hospice Volunteer Offices, Philmore Commons, 224 Phillip Morris Dr., Suite 102, Salisbury.
For their convenience, volunteers can take the remainder of the training online on their own time and in their own homes. Arrangements can be made for those who don’t have a computer at home.
Coastal Hospice matches volunteers with their areas of interest and within their schedules. Patient volunteers offer comfort and companionship to patients and their families, provide transportation and deliver supplies.
Other volunteers support the staff with office work, health fairs, fundraising events or by assisting at the Coastal Hospice Thrift Shop in Berlin. Volunteers who are veterans have opportunities to work directly with veteran patients as part of Coastal Hospice’s We Honor Veterans program.
Anyone interested in volunteering for Coastal Hospice can take the first step by reviewing the information available online at CoastalHospice.org/ maryland-hospice-care-volunteer.
For a personal discussion with Sally Rankin, the Coastal Hospice volunteer manager, about volunteer opportunities, call her at 410-742-8732. To register for training, call or email volservices@coastalhospice.org.
Founded in 1980, Coastal Hospice is a nonprofit health care organization that cares for individuals facing life-limiting conditions but who want to remain as active and engaged as possible. Coastal Hospice cares for patients in their home, nursing home, assisted living facility or at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.