50 ways to volunteer at Hospice

January 27, 2010

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If you’ve ever wondered about the range of activities our volunteers are involved in, here are 50 ways they help. If you are interested in volunteering take a look to see what you can do and complete our application form.

Leave a comment if you can think of any other ways volunteers can help!

Make a sandwich

File

Phone calls

Mailings

Write a letter for a patient

Watch a movie with a patient

Go for a walk

Take a “wheelchair walk”

Ironing

Can peaches or other things

Read to a patient

Deliver medications

Simple errands

Shovel snow

Weed a garden

Deliver flowers

Have Tea

Cook a meal

Be a patients sous chief (be their hands, so they can cook again)

Give a caregiver a break

Play bingo

Go for a drive

Mow a lawn

Rake leaves

Walk a dog

Feed a cat

Be an escort to the dining hall

Water plants

Facilitate a support group

Make a bed

Go for ice cream

Bake cookies

Talk hunting

Watch a football game

The Cooking Channel

Vacuum

Put together a Memories Book

Label photographs

Life Review

Facilitate oral or written family   history

Dust

Polish Nails

Assist in walking

Be a companion

Share a cold drink or a warm one

Change the linens

Drive a patient to appointments

Support caregivers

Offer emotional support

Converse in Spanish

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