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16 Jul Become a hospice volunteer–We’re offering 2 trainings this Fall!

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Become a hospice volunteer! Our volunteers are an incredible group of people who provide comfort and practical help to their neighbors at end of life. 

Beginning in September, on Brattleboro Area Hospice will offer TWO Hospice Care Volunteer Trainings in Windham County! The Brattleboro training will be facilitated by Cheryl Richards and will be Thursdays from September 5 – November 14 from 5:30 – 8:30 PM. The Bellows Falls training will facilitated by Bettina Berg and will be Mondays from September 9 – November 18 from 5 – 8 pm.

Throughout Windham County hospice volunteers aid neighbors and their families who are living with life-threatening illnesses. Help may range from running errands to gardening to emotional and practical support. Hospice care volunteers report the work as challenging yet very rewarding. Training topics include hospice philosophy, nuts and bolts of volunteering, ethical issues, reflection on personal attitudes toward death and dying, and grief issues among others. Presenters include professionals from the community as well as Hospice staff and volunteers.

For more information or to request an application for either 11-week training, please call the office at 802-257-0775 or email info@brattleborohospice.org. The application deadline for both trainings is August 28. 

To complete an application for the Hospice Care Volunteer Fall 2019 training, you may submit an application by printing it out or complete it on your computer and email it in (READ the directions below!)

HCV Training Application 2019 FINAL

Directions for this form: 

  1. If you want to hand write to complete the form, click on the link to open the form, print it out and complete it.  Mail it to us at 191 Canal Street, or drop it by in person
  2. If you want to complete the form on your computer you must have the free program Adobe Reader installed on your computer
  3. Get Adobe Reader here:
    1. for Windows https://get.adobe.com/reader/,
    2. for Mac  https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/install-reader-dc-mac-os.html
  4. Right click on the application above and save the form on your computer (do not just click on the form to open it)
  5. Open the form on your computer with Adobe Reader
  6. Complete the form
  7. Save the form as a new document, then email that form to us at info@brattleborohospice.org