VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

Volunteers are active, involved members of the Old Colony Hospice Team, whether their role is to provide support to patients, assist the office staff with mailings, or at our various community events throughout the year.

Patient Care Volunteers

• Patient Care Volunteers provide companionship, support, and respite to patients and their families. Upon completion of the required training program (which is offered several times throughout the year), volunteers can choose which part of our large geographical area they would like to concentrate on and are offered flexible choices in scheduling. Visits may include specific tasks such as reading to patients, playing cards, helping with correspondence, or running errands, if needed. Sometimes just sitting and watching a movie, holding a hand, or being a friendly face in the room is all that is needed.
• Old Colony Hospice has Specialized Volunteers who offer unique services that make optimal use of their volunteer skills and talents, while meeting a wide variety of patient needs. Specialized Volunteers have completed the required Volunteer Training, and then receive additional orientation as to their specific role. Specialized Volunteers include Complementary Therapies (Reiki, massage, and music therapy), Veteran Volunteers who are available for our patients who served in the armed forces, Vigil and Rosary Volunteers, as well as Bereavement Volunteers.

Office Volunteers

• Office Volunteers help with a variety of office tasks such as mailings, filing, and copying. Completion of the training program is not required for office volunteers. Frequent opportunities are available with the Development Department.

Event Volunteers

• Event Volunteers provide valuable on-site assistance at our annual fund-raising events. These events include the Old Colony Hospice Walk, Golf Tournament, Fall Auction/Gala and our yearly Memorial Service. Event volunteers work with the Development Staff and are not required to take the training course. Event volunteers are hands-on volunteers who help out with distribution of posters and flyers for an event, registration, serving food, selling raffle tickets, spotting for a hole-in-one, and set-up/clean-up activities. Many hands help to make light work for all the day of the event.

For further information about volunteer opportunities at Old Colony Hospice, please contact Christina Finelli, Volunteer Coordinator at 781-341-4145.