 Volunteering at United Hospice of Rockland
Our volunteer programs provide invaluable service to patients and
families facing the challenges of life-limiting illness and loss. Whether you choose to work with individuals and families being served
directly by our programs, or assist us in the office, the community, or become involved with our fundraising team, you will join us in
fulfilling our mission of bringing comfort and an enhanced quality of life to those who seek our services. Hospice volunteers experience a
deep sense of personal gratification from the service they provide.
Noell
Goldberg
Coordinator,
Volunteer Support Services
Who Can Volunteer
Anyone 14 years of age or older with a caring heart and time to share
can become a United Hospice of Rockland volunteer. Our volunteers represent people from all walks of life with varied interests who lend
their life experiences to help our organization and the families we serve.
Become a Volunteer
If interested in becoming a volunteer please call Noell Goldberg at
(845) 634-4974 x118 or email her at
ngoldberg@hospiceofrockland.org or complete and submit one of the applications below:
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United
Hospice of Rockland Volunteer Application (form)
Healing Hearts Volunteer Facilitator Application (form)
If you cannot download the forms from our website please call us and
we will mail or fax it to you. After your application is completed you will be scheduled for training.
Volunteer
Opportunities
Individual and Family Support
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Direct Care
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Healing Hearts Family Bereavement Program
Non-Direct Support
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Office Volunteers
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Gardening Volunteers
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Special Events Volunteers
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Community Outreach Volunteers
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Quilting Volunteers
Individual and Family Support
Direct Care:
Volunteers provide companionship as well as emotional and practical support to patients and their families. Volunteers receive extensive
training for this work. Once this initial training is completed and volunteers have one year of service as Direct Care Volunteers,
they may receive additional training in:
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Vigil Care: These volunteers attend patients who are
actively dying, offering emotional support to those approaching death and their families.
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Spiritual Care: These volunteers work with our
chaplains in supporting and offering comfort to those seeking to understand the meaning of this stage of life.
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Bereavement: Bereavement volunteers may make phone
calls and/or visits to bereaved individuals and families in the community to offer support as they adjust to the loss of a loved
one.
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Companion Calling: Callers make supportive phone calls
to patients and family members in between visits from nurses, social workers, home health aides, clergy, and volunteers.
Healing Hearts Family Bereavement Program:
Volunteers are trained in children’s grief and group process to provide support to children and their families who have lost a loved one.
Healing Hearts volunteers co-facilitate ongoing groups alongside professional staff.
 Non-Direct Support
Many individuals wish to volunteer for UHR but may not wish to be a
direct care volunteer. There are many ways that you can contribute. Some of them are:
Office Volunteers:
Provide support to the hospice staff in our offices. They may assist us in answering
phones, entering data, filing, faxing, assembling information packets, completing mailings, and maintaining our library, among other
administrative tasks.
Gardening Volunteers:
Those with a love and knowledge of gardening help to expand and maintain our on-site
memorial gardens.
Special Events Volunteers:
Assist our fundraising team in planning and implementing events that raise funds and
community awareness of our hospice programs.
Community Outreach Volunteers:
Attend health fairs and community events representing United Hospice of Rockland.
Training is provided.
Quilting Volunteers:
We are seeking experienced quilters to help us to conduct a special project. For further information contact Noell Goldberg or Amy Stern.
If you have a talent or skill as a carpenter, a photographer, a
hairstylist or almost any other trade, we need you! Please call us.
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