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A volunteer hour or not a volunteer hour - that is the question

Posted by Janet Blawn on June 4, 2011 at 3:21pm

My agency is questioning what activities should constitute a volunteer hour of service for the 5% calculation.  We are aware of the obvious things - direct patient care in the home, clerical hours in the office are both YES, and "crafts" are NO --

BUT --

 

What about assistance to the foundation in fundraising events, contacting donors by mail or phone, data entry of foundation activities?

 

What about all of the Bereavement services?

 

What about service to community members (like community people served by Grief Support, but were not actually a "hospice family"?

 

What things should be counted that I'm not necessarily thinking of?

 

And, probably most importantly -  Where can I look to prove that a particular kind of service is or is not acceptable?

 

Thank!!

 

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  • Greg Schneider June 5, 2011 at 9:45am

    Please post future responses to this discussion in the Volunteer Management Group.  Thanks.

     

    Greg Schneider
    HCF Creator

  • Frances Shani Parker June 4, 2011 at 5:25pm

    Community outreach, fundraising, and office work are all eligible. It’s important that people know these other options because patient care is not for everyone. Other hospices can give you more specific needs volunteers can meet.

    You might be interested in my blog post titled “Hospice Volunteers With No Patients" that includes a brief video of a hospice volunteer describing how she educates the community about hospice services through public speaking at various events:

    http://hospiceandnursinghomes.blogspot.com/2010/10/hospice-voluntee...

     

     

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