Special Project Volunteers needed for Marshall County AL hospice patients

Special Project Volunteers needed for hospice patients in Marshall Co., AL

Special Project volunteers use their talents to support Enhabit hospice patients indirectly through arts, crafts, gifts, baking, having donation drives for patients, and etc. Tasks can be completed at home, delivered to office or picked up by staff. Items will be delivered by a staff member to patients. We welcome students, individuals, churches, organizations, and families to participate as Special Project Volunteers. If you have a group looking for a project or have a special talent/ skill you’d like to utilize, call us to arrange a special project.

Opportunities include but are not limited to:

• Homemade cards, or crafts, Make lap blankets, prayer shawls, "busy blankets" for patients with dementia
• Sew a memory bear, pillow or quilt made from a loved ones’ articles of clothes for a bereaved caregivers
• Prepare items, such flowers arrangements or goodie bags for special events for patients such as birthday celebrations
• Bake cakes, cookies for celebrations birthdays, anniversaries, and/or holidays.
• Donate bulk items or completed gift bags with items for patients such as: lotion, hand sanitizer, tissues, chap stick, brush/comb, essential oils, Deck of cards, crossword puzzle, coloring book with colors, poems/small books, Socks with skid proof bottoms, blankets, small pillows with pillowcases, gloves, hats, art for walls or side tables
• Donate nonperishable food items for staff to deliver to patients
• The possibilities are endless

We look forward to hearing from you today!

Crissy H. Faulkner, BSW

Volunteer Coordinator