“An honor and a privilege.” These are words frequently used by hospice volunteers to describe their experiences. Hospice volunteers are invited in to a person’s life at the most sensitive time: during ...

A young volunteer’s transformation from a shy newcomer to a confident, proactive volunteer has earned the 21-year-old ...

SCITUATE -- It was just a short announcement in a church newsletter, but it changed the life of Nancy Reynolds and helped others in the process. It began “Volunteers needed,” placed by the Norwell VNA ...

One New Year’s resolution that many people make is to become a volunteer and Hospice of Michigan is among the nonprofits in need of compassionate people who can help patients and families dealing with ...

For Kari Gustafson, the relationships built while volunteering in hospice care don’t end when her patients’ lives do. Seeing people you’ve grown close to die isn’t easy, but the longtime hospice ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Twenty-five years later, George McClure Jr. remembers his first hospice patient well. He would ...