Providence Care Neighbors

Make new friends.  Learn new skills.  Enhance your life, health and spirit. Make a difference!

Do you have a need for a little something more in your life…something that can provide a strong sense of connection and fulfillment? Are you looking for a way to share your knowledge, talent and heart that will have a meaningful impact on the lives of others? 

Providence Care offers you the opportunity to belong to a core group of people (your neighbors) of like minds and hearts, benefit your well-being and do satisfying work to provide compassionate support & friendship to others. You will be a vital and valued member of our Providence Care family.

Our main volunteer role at Providence Care is one of friendship: comforter, supporter, listener for our patients and families. Volunteers also provide crucial assistance with administrative support, and special events and holiday projects.

Choose your best fit from a wide variety of volunteer opportunities and receive specialized one on one and group training that will give you confidence in your ability to help while being able to design your own schedule as part of an invaluable team.  

Friendly Visit Volunteers–Volunteers offer support to patients and families by providing a loving presence and listening heart. Volunteers enhance the quality of life for patients and their families in their homes and/or in a nursing home or assisted living facility:  

• Provide companionship and  emotional support through friendly visits
• Befriend patients by sharing hobbies, reading to them or share a activity of interest
• Help caregivers run errands, do light housekeeping or yard work, or simply deliver a home cooked meal

Videographer & Graphic Artists
Lifestories & Legacies programs provides a patient the opportunity to tell his/her life story through the use of video, audio and/or the written word.  Lifestories & Legacies volunteers visit the patient to conduct and record an interview about their life story. Then the pieces of the story, including a photo montage, are put together on a DVD that is given to the patient and family as a keepsake. Some of the technical and creative skills required include:

1. Direct, record patient interview.
2. Scan photos and organize with titles, video and music.
3. Create DVD labels and burn DVDs.
4. Previous experience with digital camcorder and video editing software preferred

• Bereavement Volunteer
  You may provide support to surviving caregivers following the death of a patient with the support of our Chaplains. Volunteer opportunities include making follow-up phone calls, sending support cards, and visiting caregivers and surviving family members throughout their grief process in the upcoming months.

• Administrative Support
  You may participate as a member of the Providence Care office staff, providing support to office personnel and departments in areas as clerical and record keeping. Projects may include mailings, data entry, phone support, filing, making copies and other special projects.

• Vet-to-Vet Volunteers– Connects volunteers and patients who have served in the military to provide camaraderie and companionship through shared experiences

• TheraPAW Volunteers– Specially-trained therapy dogs offer companionship and comfort to patients and families

• Teen & Student Volunteers– Matches teens with hospice patients in assisted living communities to provide friendship and social & recreational activities. It is a learning experience for all allowing growth and discovery for both our patients and volunteers.

• Special Skill & Professional Volunteers – You may utilize your  professional skills, such as massage; art, music and other therapies; language skills; and hairdressing

What is Your Specialty or Talent?
You can also create volunteer opportunities, based on your skills, talent and expertise – such as music, art, gardening, writing, or photography.

If you have the enthusiasm, we have a place for you!