Volunteers play a very important role in our meeting the needs of our patients and their families. We have several volunteer opportunities available from working directly with patients to helping in our office and participating in fundraising events. The following information is designed to outline the various volunteer activities that we offer so that you may choose an area which best suits your needs and abilities.

 

 

To become a CHP Volunteer, please download the volunteer application here.

Please return the completed form to your local CHP office. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to working with you in meeting the needs of others in our community.

 

 

 

 

The volunteer, who goes into the home of a family facing terminal illness provides both the patient and the family with a friend they can count on for those small, but important daily needs. The lay volunteer is a person with whom it is easy to identify and relate. The volunteer, by forming a close relationship, can maintain or reestablish the patients sense of self-worth and give family members increased freedom to live a more normal daily life.

In the inpatient setting a volunteer plays a similar role, being a person the patient and family can count on to meet various needs during their stay at the facility. The volunteer forms a close relationship with the family and plays a very important role in making their hospice experience a positive one.

 

 

 

 

From time to time, we are asked for volunteers to sit with patients who not terminally ill, but who need some contact with other people. These people may have Alzheimers disease, be blind, or have some other condition that is not life-threatening. Most are simply elderly people who are homebound.

 

 

 

 

Beginning annually in October, CHP offers flu shots to the public. We use volunteers at the scheduled sites to help the nurses do the necessary paperwork for the clients receiving the shots. Volunteers can choose to work specific dates and locations for these clinics.

 

 

 

 

Our Adult Day Care Centers offer respite to family members of elderly or confused patients on a daily or occasional basis. We rely upon the help of volunteers to staff the day care center to defray costs of our clients.

 

 

As a volunteer at the Adult Day Care Center, you can help serve meals, read to clients, play/assist with board or memory games, or provide special programs such as: arts and crafts on a regular basis.

 

 

 

 

If you are more comfortable doing things behind the scenes, we have many opportunities to offer you. For example:

 

 

 

 

WIC is a nutrition education program. WIC provides nutritious foods which promote good health for pregnant women, women who just had a baby, breastfeeding moms, infants, and children up to age five. WIC provides services to many people and can use the assistance of volunteers in answering phones and scheduling appointments, as well as performing many various clerical duties.