The first hospices were formed in the Middle Ages. They offered shelter and comfort for travelers on long journeys who had fallen sick or needed a place to stay.  Today’s hospices serve travelers on a different journey. They ease the physical and emotional pain of dying patients. The goal of hospice care is to help a person’s last months be as fulfilling, comfortable, and peaceful as possible. 

Hospice care is usually provided in the patient’s home, but it is also offered in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospice houses. 

Patients and their families depend on hospice care. No other agency provides the kind of services hospice does. By attending to the needs of both patients and their loved ones, hospice care can bring peace and comfort to the entire family.

Without the efforts of volunteers, hospices could not continue their important work. 

We need your help as:

Office Volunteers
Maintaining patient records, filing, typing, copying, computer entries

Patient/Family Volunteers
Visit patients, run errands, provide emotional support to patients and family members, help with housework and yard work, provide respite so caregiver can run errands

Wendover Volunteers
Visit with patients, fold laundry, deliver ice and meal trays, water plants, organize donations and supply closets, light housekeeping

Support Volunteers
Fundraising, bulk mailings, committees, salon services, alternative therapies – massage, art, music, pet

A full-time employee works 2,080 hours per year.  We had the equivalent of 2.6 full-time employees in volunteer hours in 2008.  These volunteers saved Hospice a total of $105,501 based on a wage (including benefits) of $19.51 per hour.

For information about any of these opportunities contact us at 704-487-4677
or by clicking here to email us.

For information contact us at 704-487-4677 or by clicking here to email us.