Hospice of Hilo is looking for volunteers to help individuals and families live better through compassionate care.
Hospice of Hilo is looking for volunteers to help individuals and families live better through compassionate care.
Volunteer training will be conducted 4:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 12, 17 and 19 at Hospice of Hilo’s community center, 1011 Waianuenue Ave.
“I’m so very grateful for the work Hospice of Hilo volunteers do to make our community a better place to live,” said hospice volunteer manager Jeanette Mochida. “They provide patient care, respite care, transportation, companionship, cooking, errands, active listening and reading, as well as office administrative support, community education and public relations.”
Mochida said the hospice also has a great need for licensed massage therapists willing to voluntarily serve its East Hawaii patients.
“Massage therapy has so much to offer our patients with pain management and helping them feel socially and emotionally connected,” Mochida said.
With the 2012 opening of Hospice of Hilo’s Pohai Malama a Harry &Jeanette Weinberg Care Center, the services volunteers provide for the organization have expanded.
“Some have been coming in to tend the gardens at the care center,” said Hospice of Hilo CEO Brenda S. Ho. “We even have a few amazing individuals coming in to play music for the patients and their loved ones.
“Our volunteers are truly at the heart of what we do at Hospice of Hilo. We wouldn’t be able to do the work we do without them.”
People interested in becoming a Hospice of Hilo volunteer should call 969-1733.