About Us

Our Volunteers

Our volunteers number over 250, and range in age from 16 to 93. These men and women from every community in our service area give of themselves to support the mission of Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. All volunteers receive training and orientation to equip them for their various service.

Volunteers who provide patient and family and bereavement support receive a minimum of 12 hours of training in a class that is offered at least three times a year. Volunteers who choose other service opportunities receive training that is customized to their particular work.

Ongoing opportunities for service include:

All volunteers are also offered on-going training throughout the year on such topics as:

Working in nursing homes
Safety to, from, and on the job
Self-care and stress management
Palliative Care Support Team: how we can help
Dealing with dementia
Disease processes
Advance care planning
Caring for the caregiver
Annual updates on HIPAA and Confidentiality, Back care, and Universal precautions to help keep you healthy

Patients’ families appreciate their volunteers

“Our volunteer was ever ready to do anything, even bringing a strawberry milkshake!”

“Every volunteer that was involved with my mother was kind, knowledgeable and helpful.”

“The young man was a Godsend. My father related to him very well and I was so happy to see him come for Dad.”

“The volunteers became best friends of mother’s—and the whole family. They walked the last leg of the journey faithfully beside us. Mother loved them.”

“The male volunteer’s companionship was just what my husband needed. He had enough women coddling him. He needed a big guy to hang out with.”

“Volunteers were wonderful, especially in final days of illness—and then they were kind to me following my wife’s death.”

“I wish to thank each of you and the volunteers for your care and thoughtfulness. You became our friends and like extended family.”

“As we continue in the healing process, we are constantly reminded of the tremendous services that the staff and volunteers of the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills provided to all of us during Mama Laura’s illness. The quality of her life was greatly enhanced from the time that your staff first started working with her right up until the end. I received regular reports from her about how patient the volunteers were with her and how much she enjoyed their outings to the hot dog stand or to get ice cream.”

“The volunteer that helped with our family was one wonderful person. She also stayed with us until the end. We could never thank her enough.”