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VITAS is Seeking Hospice Volunteers

VITAS is seeking patient care volunteers, volunteers who are veterans and those with friendly, well-behaved pets to visit patients.

VITAS Healthcare, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care, along with East Haddam Senior Center will be hosting two opportunities to become a hospice volunteer. Volunteers provide companionship to patients, offer respite care to families and are a vital component of hospice-care teams. VITAS is seeking patient care volunteers, volunteers who are veterans and those with friendly, well-behaved pets to visit patients in East Haddam and the surrounding communities.

For those interested in becoming a volunteer, the information sessions will be held at East Haddam Senior Center, 15 Great Hillwood Road, Moodus, Connecticut 06469, on May 23 at 6 p.m. and May 25 at 1 p.m.

Refreshments will be provided by VITAS Healthcare. For more information or to RSVP by May 21, call Brad Parker at 860-873-5034.

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