Nonprofit

Life Story Volunteer

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Grand Rapids, MI
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  • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime, evenings), Weekends (daytime, evenings)
    Commitment Details:
    4 hours per month for a year
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    5
    Cause Areas:
    Community Development, Media, Seniors & Retirement
    Good For:
    Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Background Check, Attend Orientation
    Age Requirement:
    18+

    Description

    Life Story Volunteer

    Help make a legacy of an amazing person's life by recording their life history. Life Story volunteers interview terminally ill hospice participants and provide a written keepsake of a patient’s life story for family members. Interviews are devised of questions from the BeRemembered.com website and responses are recorded either on paper or directly on BeRemembered.com. The goal of the life story volunteer is to give patients an opportunity to share their story, and provide companionship, purpose, and facilitation of grief through reminiscing before they pass away. The purpose of the life story volunteer is also to give loved ones an opportunity to learn about, reminisce, and grieve their loved one. This is a great way to learn about history from those who lived it. And our participants find that telling their story gives their life meaning and purpose in their final days.

    If you have had the recent loss of a loved one we asked that you wait a 12 month bereavement period before volunteering with us.

    Please contact Volunteer Services at 616-719-0919, EHVolunteer@emmanuelhospice.org. Volunteer registration is also on our website www.emmanuelhospice.org/volunteer.

    WE CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO JOIN OUR EMMANUEL HOSPICE TEAM!!

    Help make a legacy of an amazing person's life by recording their life history. Life Story volunteers interview terminally ill hospice participants and provide a written keepsake of a patient’s life story for family members. Interviews are devised of questions from the BeRemembered.com website and responses are recorded either on paper or directly on BeRemembered.com. The goal of the life story volunteer is to give patients an opportunity to share their story, and provide companionship, purpose, and facilitation of grief through reminiscing before they pass away. The purpose of the life story volunteer is also to give loved ones an opportunity to learn about, reminisce, and grieve their loved one. This is a great way to learn about history from those who lived it. And our participants find that telling their story gives their life meaning and purpose in their final days.

    If you have had the recent loss of a loved one we asked that you wait a 12 month bereavement…

    Location

    On-site
    401 Hall Street SW, Suite 263, Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
    Suite 263

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