Something I love about our community is how people rally together to help others in a time of need. At Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire, 40 trained volunteers are giving selflessly to help people live as fully as possible, even at the end of life. Even now, when our volunteers can’t visit patients and their families in the home, they are helping our staff meet needs by making phone calls to patients, sending cards and letters, arranging food deliveries and securing other needed resources. Our community is a better, more compassionate place because of their service.
April 19–25 is National Volunteer Week, and hospice volunteers make more special moments possible for the patients and families they serve every day. Across the U.S., more than 430,000 hospice volunteers give 19 million hours of service every year. Every single volunteer deserves our appreciation and grateful acknowledgement. I am so grateful for all of our volunteers at VNH.
I encourage others to learn more about hospice by contacting Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH (VNH) via our website at https://vnhcare.org/ or by calling 1-888-300-8853.
Cindy Wiegand
White River Junction, VT
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