In the seven years that Mary Conger has been volunteering for Community Care Hospice, she has worked in a variety of roles and learned that time spent sitting with another person, especially a person at end of life, is time…
Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County is seeking new volunteers who want to help serve its hospice mission. New volunteer orientation is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 18, from 9:30 am to 2 pm at 550 Summit Ave., Suite 101, Troy, Ohio. …
When Pat Wourms saw a notice in the bulletin at St. Rita Catholic Church inviting volunteers to work with hospice patients, she thought it was something she could do. A graduate of the Good Samaritan Hospital nursing program, she put…
When Tami Clark was a teenager growing up in Springfield, her family attended St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. During her catechism class, her pastor said that the church was going to build a nursing home. He told them that some…
Lovingly referred to as Popcorn Bert, Bert Shock has been a fixture at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton on Popcorn Fridays. But after almost 12 years of volunteering to pop the popcorn and delivering the mail for Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton,…
Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County is seeking new volunteers to join its interdisciplinary teams serving hospice patients and their families. The next new volunteer orientation is scheduled for Tuesday, July 9, 2019, from 3:30 to 8 pm, at Ohio’s Hospice…
Becky Graham’s journey to becoming a volunteer with Ohio’s Hospice began after her husband, Dick, a patient at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, died from lung cancer in May 2014. The couple had been together for 27 years, and she struggled…
Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County is recruiting community members who are interested in volunteering with hospice patients and their families. Volunteers are needed to provide respite care, caregiver relief and companionship in patients’ residences in addition to helping with fundraisers,…
It is an honor to serve our Veteran patients at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare. Through our American Pride Program, we honor the brave men and women who have served our country with a pinning ceremony. With this program, a Veteran volunteer…
The flower beds at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton were recently given extra care, thanks to the giving hands of AmeriCorps NCCC volunteers from the North Central Region. From Vinton, Iowa, the group of 18-24 year olds volunteered at Ohio’s Hospice…
