TRU Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule & Opportunities

 

1/26 Advance Care Planning Open House Our trained volunteers are available throughout the day on January 26th to help you with advance care planning questions. We can help get you to the right documents, start an important conversation with your family, and offer questions to consider in the time of COVID-19. Please review the available appointment slots below and click on the button to sign up.  Appointments are online or via phone call and last up to one hour. Please note if you prefer a phone appointment. When you sign up, your personal Zoom meeting link will be emailed to you. Sign up for your appointment: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040c4eafa82aa4fb6-advance3 1/27 Volunteer Support Group meetings 5:30pm-7:30pm with Richard Mercer. Richard will be discussing “Resilient Grieving” by Lucy Hone and inviting discussion from this topic. Zoom Access code 850 229 3682 1/29 VC Meeting: Meredith Parfet, Chaplaincy Intern. Please see Meredith’s blog below about her upcoming topic of Why We Need Imagination, Not Resilience-(https://www.mindful.org/why-imagination-not-resilience-might-help-you-heal-from-heartbreak/). 2/3 TRUvies Movie Night-A Family Undertaking (6:30pm-8:30pm), Zoom Code: 850 229 3682. This video documentary explores the complex psychological, cultural, legal and financial issues surrounding an important and growing new trend: the home funeral movement. A Family Undertaking profiles several families who have made the decision to forego the typical mortuary funeral and instead prepare their loved ones at home for burial or cremation. 2/5 Book Club: The Five Invitations-Deeper Dive into this amazing book. Please watch the clip(20 minutes) and bring questions or reflections from Frank’s talk. We will discuss this brilliant book more in depth and the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owlLeWRlVew 2/12 Donor Alliance: Mallory McClain, Learning & Development Specialist Join us on Friday, February 12 for an overview of organ and tissue donation presented by Donor Alliance. Learning & Development Specialist, Mallory McClain, will explain who Donor Alliance is, how the donation process works, what some common myths are and how you can get involved. National Donor Day is February 14 when all are encouraged to #StartTheConversation. As a Hospice Volunteer, Mallory knows the importance of discussing this topic with your loved ones and will connect this to our work. 2/19 PCC Presentation – Chad Hartmann PCC = Patient Care Consultants! They are so much more than sales and marketing.  Join us in meeting with this group to see what all they do for TRU Community Care. 2/23 Advance Care Planning. Amanda Meier 2/26 VC Zoom Presentation: PBS Newshour: Why African-American seniors are less likely to use hospice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dypoYEvBfs4  Black seniors are more likely than whites and Latinos to forgo hospice care. Due to deeply felt religious beliefs and a long history of discrimination in the U.S., African-American patients are often reluctant to plan for the end of their lives, and more skeptical when doctors suggest stopping treatment. Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports on efforts to change some of those beliefs. Gather with us to watch this short video and engage in some insightful discussion following. 2/27 (Saturday) Family Dynamics, Jenn Flaum TBD/Recording 3/3 TRUvies Movie Night-SOUL- Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz -- and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul. 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Zoom Code: 850 229 3682