Volunteer Connection Newsletter

Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule... AND MORE!

5/22: JEAN a film – Jean Dempsey, a Boulder native and fellow TRU volunteer, was one of America’s top female climbers during the ‘70s. Tune in to learn more about her craft and the rock fall accident in Yosemite that changed her life forever 38 years ago.

5/29: Arts & Crafts: Swedish Weaving Demonstration – Barb Beck, TRU volunteer will be sharing the art of Swedish Weaving. (Learn something new and perhaps take up a new hobby!!)

6/5: CircleTalk - Deborah Skovron, Marketing and Creative Director. https://www.circletalk.org/about/. A local nonprofit, CircleTalk was created to address the need to disrupt loneliness and isolation in the lives of older adults through thoughtful social engagement programming in any setting.

6/12: The Magic of Boulder Bookstore - Stephanie Schindhelm,

Marketing & Promotions Manager. Get to know more about this Boulder treasure and the opportunities available to learn, engage and be inspired!

6/19: Personal Chat and Q&A - BJ Miller, former Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Project. Be inquisitive! You have time now to read his book, A Beginner's Guide to the End. (An honest, surprising, and detailed-oriented guide to the most universal of all experiences, A Beginner's Guide to the End is the one book that everyone needs. The first ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying, and living fully until you do.)

6/26: Vision Board Creation – Ginger Cooley, TRU Volunteer Coordinator. Take this opportunity to create a life that inspires and motivates you. The purpose of your vision board is to bring everything on it to life. First, think about what your goals are in the following areas: relationships, career and finances, home, travel, personal growth (including spirituality, social life, and education) and health.

TRU VOLUNTEER UPDATE

Great News! We are working to resume several traditional volunteer care plans (safely!) and are creating some unique volunteer assignments for your engagement and increased patient support. Teams are in the process of determining appropriate patients for these varied assignments.

In the meantime, please update your Profile form so we can consider other new opportunities. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ftTEbaW0n3RK3FgzmKM-p46ZUpbe8EL6

§  HELPFUL LINKS AND INFORMATION

Ø  Thank you to volunteer, Rob Pauley, for his Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting presentation on 5/15 COVID-19 – Notes from the Buddha. Everyone will find something of significance in Rob’s talk. I challenge you to take a moment to reflect how the word, “Maybe” pertains to the value of reading his thoughts. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pkPy3qXmNnsXg6FohRj4T_oX9mhU5-bs

§  SOMETHING FUN! Please take a few moments to watch this video compilation we put together to share our gratitude for our nurses and CNAs.

HAPPY MAY BIRTHDAY! Our apologies for missing your birth if it happened before May! We still adore you and are grateful you were born!!

Dan Baldwin                         May 2

Juanita Madole                     May 2

Kerry Hanneman                  May 2

Phyllis Branum                     May 5

Janice Foster                       May 8

Patty Pederson                    May 8

Robert Myers                     May 10

Steve Boselli                      May 11

Dick O’Grady                     May 15

Roberta Fogarty                 May 15

Sue Ann Belmont               May 15

Ann Thompson                  May 16

Eben Carsey                      May 16

Miriam Sparks                    May 19

George Wahl                      May 20

Caryl Sharp                        May 21

Kate Sladen                       May 23

John Daley                         May 26

Shirley Brown                     May 28

Paula Sinn-Penfold            May 29

Erika Shioya                       May 30

Jackie Hawley                    May 31

Karen Sankey                     May 31