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SUPPORT VNA: VOLUNTEERS |
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Hospice Volunteer Application.
An Important Job...
 Clinical
staff from the non-profit VNA and Hospice make
more than 75,000 home visits each year to patients
needing their care - and there are important roles for
community volunteers to provide both program and
administrative support. VNA programs operate throughout
Monterey and San Benito counties, stretching from Camp
Roberts up to South San Jose, and from the ocean inland
to the San Benito county boundary.
Whether it is a family dealing with grief, an elderly
client with memory loss, a family struggling with
cancer, an isolated elder, all benefit from VNA care
regardless of their income, illness or insurance. There
is meaningful work for volunteers to accomplish in these
important programs, bringing your skills, talents,
excitement and commitment to VNA programs.
Throughout the VNA and Hospice programs, volunteers can
provide vital clerical help, such as filing and
answering phones. If there is a particular area of
interest to you, please call that particular office and
discuss it. They will help you complete the simple
process through VNA Human Resources.
Several VNA programs regularly benefit from important
volunteer assistance:
HOSPICE
Volunteers are trained to provide support and
companionship to hospice clients and their families. The
VNA Hospice program welcomes as volunteers all persons
aged 18 and older who have successfully completed an
interview process, an orientation session and 38 hours
of training. Internship opportunities are available to
CSUMB students enrolled in the university's Department
of Health, Human Services & Public Policy-Collaborative
Health and Human Services program. For more information,
contact Joseph Lumello, M.A., VNA Hospice Volunteer and
Bereavement Coordinator, at 831-758-8243 ext 3062.
ADULT DAY CENTERS
Volunteers lend valuable assistance to the VNA
professional staff at the Adult Day Centers in Salinas,
in Seaside, and in Monterey. Volunteers help with
crafts, sing-a-longs, holiday parties and other
important activities to serve the needs of adults
impaired by stroke, memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, or
other conditions associated with aging.
FLU CLINICS
Each October and November, volunteers play a
vital role at VNA flu clinics in registration of
clients, handing out instruction sheets and assisting
participants in completing forms.
FUND DEVELOPMENT
The Development Department needs willing
volunteers to help with special events, mailings and
other projects.
Other opportunities arise throughout the year, or you
may have special skills you would like to use to help
VNA... so please let us hear from you!
For more information, or to sign up and help, contact
HUMAN RESOURCES:
 Phone:
831-648-3702
Fax:
831-648-4205
Email:
humres@ccvna.com
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