Making the Road Less Lonely
Become a Volunteer
Palliative Volunteer Training Program
Spring 2023
Direct Care Palliative Volunteer
The Direct Care Palliative Volunteer's role is to provide emotional, social, and spiritual support to those that are dying and their loved ones.
There is a variety of roles that a Palliative Care Volunteer can do, such as:
Direct client visits, including:
GRB Hospital
Quesnel Hospice
Dunrovin Lodge
the community of Quesnel
Other Helpful Roles:
Companionship
Vigil support
Bereavement support
Life historian
Spiritual Care Companion
Gardening
Music therapy
To become a Direct Care Palliative Volunteer, applicants must complete the following steps:
1. Fill out the Palliative Care Volunteer Form
2. Submit two reference letters
3. Complete a criminal records
4. Send the completed forms to:
Email: QDHPCA Executive Director
Or by mail:
QDHPCA Executive Director
c/o Suzannah Meir
Box 4537
Quesnel. BC
V2J - 3J8
Once we have received this information about you, we will contact you for an interview and to arrange a spot in one of our Volunteer Training Programs that are offered each spring and autumn.
Indirect Care Palliative Volunteer
There a are a variety of ways volunteer with the QDHPCA, such as:
Public awareness presentations
Special events & fundraising
Hike for Hospice event
Hearts for Hospice Gala committee
Decorating events
Donation recruitment
Clean-up committee
Ticket selling
Gardening
Holiday decorating of Hospice unit
Bedside singers
Musicians
Pet therapy
Website researchers
Website writers
If your would like to become an Indirect Care Palliative Volunteer, please contact the QDHPCA Volunteer Coordinator at:
Phone: 250-985-5816
Email: QDHPCA Executive Director
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