Caring House
| Our mission | A home providing peace, comfort and support to men and women in the last weeks or days of their lives. |
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| Needs |
Home Sweet HomeKitchen, cleaning and caregiving supplies, housekeeping, shopping, pantry, reception, laundry.FundraisingOrganize and carry out funding drives; obtain gift cards from local businesses; obtain in-kind donations of supplies. Assist with fundraising and other events, secure prizes for auctions, staff events, volunteer recognition.Comfort & Support (Credentialed)Read to, talk with and sit with residents. Offer comfort and support to residents, families, staff and volunteers; pastoral, spiritual care.Administration VolunteerAssist Caring house as part of the administration team. Tasks include assisting with mailings, contacts, Salesforce, database, hours tracking, accounting, budgeting, organizing the office, and more.Holistic TherapiesHealing Touch, Reiki, Music, Pet and other complementary therapies to support our residents and their families, and/or our staff and our volunteers.Remember the Life VolunteerCreate an article for our website on a resident’s life, not illness, from info provided by the resident and loved ones (with permission).Caregiver AssistanceSupport our Caregivers as they care for our residents. Includes helping with meal preparation, feeding, medications, turning, repositioning, changing, housekeeping, etc. Covering Caregiver 30-minute lunch breaks. Assisting in new resident admissions. Experience as a hands-on caregiver or in the medical field is a plus.Outreach VolunteerRefine our message. Evolve our community education program. Outreach to community and potential residents; presentations; Antique Faire, Farmers Market, other events.Visitation VolunteerRead to, talk with and sit with residents. Send sympathy cards to loved ones.GardeningLandscape beautification and maintenance; hands-on and/or organizing visiting teams.Fix-It VolunteerHouse and systems preventive maintenance and repair. |
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| About us | Imagine a place of peace, a home to spend last days surrounded by love and support. Imagine a place where family members and friends are freed from care duties and get to spend their energy supporting and connecting with their loved one—and with each other. Caring House is that place. |
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