Gratitude = Volunteer Connection Zoom Calendar

TRU Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule and Opportunities

7/31    Healing through Gratitude - Janie Blakely, TRU Chaplain. Learn how gratitude moves in the heart, opens the way for the healing of compassion and self-compassion to follow, and how that process is reflected in patient care. 

8/3       Free CU Denver Lecture:  In This Together: Herd Immunity, Vaccines, and Individual Choices - Monday, Aug. 3 3:30pm-4:45pm https://ucdenverdata.formstack.com/forms/covid19  Healthcare decisions are deeply personal. Yet infectious disease reveals how our personal choices inevitably impact others. Drawing on research on why parents reject vaccines for their children, this talk examines perceptions of vaccines and different legal mechanisms governments can use to incentivize vaccine use. In particular, we will evaluate why vaccines work best when used by a critical mass of people, and how we balance personal liberty and community responsibility.

Jennifer Reich is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the University Honors and Leadership Program. She is author of two award-winning books, Fixing Families: Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System and Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines, and is co-editor of the book, Reproduction and Society. Her work has been featured in media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, and Newsweek, and on the Netflix show, Bill Nye Saves the World. She teaches classes on healthcare, family, and reproductive politics.

8/7       M.A.I.D. Update - Dr. John Massone, TRU Medical Director. Join us to learn more from Dr. John Massone about TRU’s experience with the Medical Aid In Dying Act (https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/medical-aid-dying)

8/8       Virtual Volunteer Event: Global Grief – – Colorado Volunteer Leaders in Hospice. Explore how we can collectively companion each other as we collectively grieve and mourn all that has been lost Click here to register for SESSION II: https://hospicevolunteerevent8-8.eventbrite.com

8/14    Care Center Update – Justin Raff, Care Center Clinical Manager-Please join us and meet our new manager, Justin Raff. Hear what’s been going on at the Care Center during COVID-19, besides missing the volunteers. And for those of you who do not know, we have a Care Center and this is an excellent opportunity to learn more about it.

8/21    Memories in the Making – Johanna (Jojo) Beeman, LPC, Art Therapist. The Alzheimer's Association Memories in the Making® program offers creative art expression for individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early to the middle stages of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Memories in the Making participants create imaginative and colorful watercolor paintings. Have on hand:  paper, watercolors or art materials of your choice and an inspiration object or picture.

8/28    Rock Painting with Nicole Meadows: Take time to gather your rocks before this enjoyable experience!

9/4     Topic Pending: Cultural Bias Training

9/11    Ethics and Dementia: Constance Holden, RN, MSN, Chair- Consultation Team; Co-Chair-Ethics Committee - Boulder Community Health

9/18    Bumbuli Hospice: Judi Huseby, TRU Staff and Volunteer

9/25    Topic Pending: Grief Processing - Kim Mooney

10/2    Book Club: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande