Volunteering is 3 times blessed
When you volunteer:
1. You bless the organization you’ve chosen.
2. You bless the person or family you impact.
3. You give blessings to yourself.
Our 500+ volunteers at Kansas City Hospice will tell you that they receive as much or more from their efforts as do the lives they impact. Think volunteering with hospice is hard? It’s not!
Our volunteers find many, many ways to enrich lives today. They’ll tell you that hospice is not about dying, it’s about living.
During a recent episode of Senior Care Live, host Steve Kuker visited with David Wiley, President and CEO of Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, and Melissa Basgall, Manager of Volunteer Services, about the many benefits of volunteering and giving back to the community. We also heard from long-time volunteer Doris Lisenby, who has been volunteering with KCHPC for 28 years!
LISTEN TO SENIOR CARE LIVE PODCAST
During this National Volunteer Week, we thank each and every volunteer who gives a few hours a year or a few hours a day.
The little things mean so much and volunteers do many little things and big things, too! Here’s what some of our volunteers have been up to this year.

Jim is a home care volunteer offering respite and companionship.

The Sizzling Sapphires are a Northland group that brings meals, snacks and other goodies to NorthCare Hospice House.

Karen plays soothing music for families and patients at NorthCare Hospice House.

2018 Sunday Night Live planning committee volunteers are pictured with Event Chairs Megan & Joe Costello and Honorary Chairs Dr. Mark Myron and Debbie Smith. Over 40 volunteers make this anticipated event a huge success!

Top Drawer Resale Boutique is staffed by almost 40 volunteers! Gina O’Brien, Jennifer Kanan and Cindy Hatch are regulars.

Sharon is one of many area quilters who donate comforting quilts to patients that become treasured family keepsakes.

Outgoing Board Chair and longtime volunteer Donna Payne leads by example!

Denise and her young helper volunteering at Camp Erin KC, a grief camp for children and teens held every June.

Volunteers make beautiful Memory Pillows as a lasting remembrance of a loved one.
Come join our team of volunteers!
We’ll help find something you love to do and that our community will appreciate.
Check out the VOLUNTEER section on the website
Email kchvolunteers@kchospice.org
If you’re interested in patient care VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

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