Volunteer Connection Newsletter

Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule

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 first ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying - and living fully until you do.)

6/26: Vision Board Creation – Ginger Cooley. 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.

§  HELPFUL LINKS AND INFORMATION

Ø  DREAMS OR NIGHTMARES? Nearly 30% of Americans are remembering dreams more vividly right now. Consider your dreams an opportunity for problem solving. Listen to this NPR podcast: Coronavirus: ‘To Sleep, Perchance To Dream’ https://the1a.org/segments/coronavirus-to-sleep-perchance-to-dream/

Ø  TRU Patient on 9 News: Next with Kyle Clark (9News) aired this story about one of our patients, a distinguished World War II Veteran, receiving a Veteran pinning. Thank you to Ginger and Arilyn for spearheading this effort! https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/hospice-nurse-honors-world-war-ii-hero-with-veteran-pinning-ceremony/73-4814bc41-4e0a-48ac-b4c7-355e1715ba89

Ø  TRUvies: Wednesday, June 3, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Join us for this documentary movie series to be Zoomed the first Wednesday of every month. With Covid-19 parameters in place there will be limited patient contact for some time. We are hoping to show new volunteers the work hospice volunteers do through these films and allow them time to learn from our Volunteer Panel of experienced volunteers. 

·         The films will feature the views of a range of experts in palliative care and will highlight the experiences of people

·         Our first film will be End Game, a goodhearted look at cutting-edge hospice care in San Francisco.  This is a story of a team of visionary doctors that try their best to make the departure as comfortable and peaceful as possible. While they make clear to the patients that they are going to die, they try to give them hope and peace. The charismatic Dr. BJ Miller, Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Center, stands out as he shares his personal story, how he went through his own grief after losing both of his legs and his left arm at the age of nineteen. He has so much strength and the way he shares his positive attitude with others is both heartwarming and inspiring. (Runtime 40minutes) (Please Notice the connection to the Volunteer Connection Meeting: 6/19: Personal Chat and Q&A - BJ Miller, former Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Project. Be inquisitive!)  Discussion will follow the film.