Opportunities From: Montgomery County Volunteer Center

Enriching the lives of our patients and their loved ones is our primary goal at Heartland Hospice. To achieve this mission, we seek the compassionate assistance of volunteers and invite them to join us on the journey of a lifetime! Because they are the heart of our organization, we welcome volunteers with various skills/talents and availability to provide the following to our patients and families: companionship and socialization, emotional & spiritual support, reading of materials (sacred scriptures, literature, magazines, mail), music enrichment, arts & crafts, grief support, relief sitting for caregivers, running errands and patient legacy projects.

 

These opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties.

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

 

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

 

We would love to make this incredible journey with you! Come join us and thank you for your interest!!

Volunteer Opportunities for our Service Women and Men who served in the Army! Navy! Coast Guard! Air Force! Marines!!

Are you a Veteran searching for a way in which you can honor those brave women and men who served before or alongside you?   At Heartland Hospice, we are always in need of Veterans from each branch of military service to visit with patients and families who are on the hospice journey.  We have an increasing number of patients who are veterans, who desire the companionship of fellow veterans for connection and with whom they can share stories .

Veteran volunteers serve a vital role because of their shared experience and mutual understanding.   Various opportunities for Veteran involvement include:

extending socialization and emotional support to patients and families in need sitting vigil at the bedside of actively dying individuals to ensure that they do not die alone offering assistance with veteran recognition ceremonies, which celebrate the sacrifice and commitment of the service women and men we provide care for administrative assistance in our office setting

 

These opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties.

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

 

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

 

Thank you for your interest!

Heartland Hospice's Vigil Volunteer Program is designed to connect volunteers with a compassionate, loving presence with hospice patients who are actively dying.  As patients begin to draw closer to death and make their final Transition, Vigil Volunteers comfort patients emotionally and spiritually, ensuring that they do not die alone.  Vigil Volunteers receive specialized training to familiarize themselves with the signs and symptoms of approaching death and how to provide support to patients, in addition to loved ones and caregivers, if present at the time.   Volunteers can sit with patients for varying lengths of time, including day, evening or overnight, as available.

 

Vigil Opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties and invite volunteers to offer the following in the way of presence and care:

~ reading poetry, prayers and devotions that have meaning for the patient

~ providing soothing music and peaceful sounds of nature through voice, instrument or electronic device

~ storytelling with family and loved ones present during vigil visit

~ ensuring patients are comfortable and pain-free 

~ sitting quietly while holding a patient's hand

 

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

 

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

 

Thank you for your interest!

Bereavement Volunteers are called and trained to provide outreach to caregivers and family members who have recently experienced the loss of their loved one through death.  Outreach involves making phone calls and/or supportive visits to those in grief, whom our hospice follows for at least thirteen months after their loss has occurred.  Working closely with the Bereavement Coordinator, volunteers can also assist with a variety of other tasks and projects, including assembly of bereavement mailings and designing and facilitating major events, such as our annual Grief Camp & Celebration of Life Ceremony, and participating in community-based programs, such as grief & loss support groups and workshops. 

These opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties.

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

 

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

 

Thank you for your interest!