Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County invites interested community members to consider volunteering to support hospice patients and families. A new volunteer orientation is slated for Saturday, July 15.

Hospice volunteers play a vital role with the care teams serving hospice patients and their families, providing respite care, caregiver relief, companionship, shopping, delivery of medications and supplies, massage, beautician and barber services, and gardening. Volunteers also serve as educators about hospice services in the community, create Memory Bears for loved ones, visit with pet therapy animals, and play a key role in honoring hospice patients who are Veterans. Volunteers also provide clerical and office support, serve as receptionists, assist with fundraising events and data entry.

Volunteer Coordinator Krissy McKim-Barker says volunteers are essential to the Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County mission to celebrate the lives of patients and families “There are always a wide array of opportunities for volunteers, with lots of flexibility in the time and location they can serve.”

Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County is currently serving an average of over 100 patients per day across Miami, Shelby, Darke, Champaign and Montgomery counties. For more information click here.