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2 people are interested
Do you love music?
ORGANIZATION: CIRCLE HOME INC
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2 people are interested
Do you love music? So do our patients and their families! We welcome music volunteers whether you are:
- a trained music therapist
- an accomplished musician
- a singer
- or just love to listen to music!
Music can bring joy to those who are lonely, peace to those who are struggling, and connection to those who are isolated.
Can you share your talents and your compassion with our amazing patients and their families?
We provide extensive training, mentoring and on-going support. Visits can easily be arranged around your schedule and other commitments.
Our incredible, locally-owned non-profit organization was founded in Lowell in 1909 in response to the City's high infant mortality rate and work injuries in the textile mills, by the visionary women of the Lowell Guild and the Middlesex Women's Club. We began with two nurses, who walked throughout Lowell to bring treatment and teaching to families struggling with disease or injury, and to new mothers. In addition to caring for the sick and injured, we provided well baby clinics and new mothers' clubs, milk stations to distribute uncontaminated milk for children, and immunization clinics as new vaccines were developed. We were credited with lowering the City's infant mortality rate, and with increasing the health knowledge of families struggling with low income and overcrowded housing.
Through the years, our service area was broadened to Greater Lowell, Greater Lawrence and southern New Hampshire. Rehabilitation therapists, social workers and home health aides joined nurses as members of the clinical team. Our hospice program began in 1983. We have been providing care through events that changed local, national, world and medical history, such as disasters, epidemics, the arrival of successive waves of immigrants, the Depression years, world wars and returning veterans, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, growth of health insurance companies, the advancements of technology and the many changes in health care knowledge and treatment over the last century.
A visionary organization dedicated to improving the lives of those in our community founded and run by dedicated caregivers determined to make a lasting difference.
Come join our amazing community and see why our volunteers AVERAGE 8 years in service with us - and several more than 20 years! We look forward to hearing from you!
Heather Merrill
Hospice Volunteer Coordinator
www.CircleHomeHealth.org
More opportunities with CIRCLE HOME INC
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About CIRCLE HOME INC
Location:
847 ROGERS STREET, SUITE 201, LOWELL, MA 01852, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission Circle Home enables individuals to remain safely in their homes by providing the highest quality and value-based care in home and community settings. Our Vision To become the premier provider of home-based services in America by: •Providing every person individualized, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate health care •Valuing and recognizing our workforce for their dedication, motivation, competence, and caring •Collaborating with others to positively impact the health and well-being of our community •Committing to flexibility, innovation and continuous learning, ensuring responsiveness to the changing needs of our community and health care system Our Values: Compassion Respect Enhancement of practice Accountability and Integrity Teamwork Excellence
Description
Circle Home Hospice
The Circle Home Hospice Program is a comprehensive, holistic service for patients whose illness has progressed beyond a need or desire for curative treatments. Hospice provides physical and emotional care that focuses on the patient's comfort as well as support for family caregivers. It focuses on enabling patients to live their remaining months with dignity and comfort, in the place they call home, surrounded by the people and things they love. Hospice helps patients to achieve a peaceful life closure, aligned to their values, wishes and needs. Hospice neither hastens nor delays death.
Our Volunteers
Our volunteers are amazing! They provide a wide variety of services including companionship and visiting, support of loved ones, errands, shopping, art, music, cooking, massage, Reiki, yoga, and much more! Circle Home has a long record of supporting and encouraging our volunteers. The average time in service is 8 years -some of our volunteers having been with us for more than 20 years!
Come share your gifts, your heart, and your time. You will be appreciated and supported - and you will find you get back even more than you give!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
847 Rogers Street*location varies with patient**see listing for service areas*Lowell, MA 01852
DATE POSTED
August 31, 2016
SKILLS
- Wind Instrument
- Music Therapy
- Singing
- Music Arts
- String Instrument
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2-4 hours per week