TRU Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule and
Opportunities
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2/19, Friday: VC
Zoom Presentation: TRU Patient Care Consultants – 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, Tuesday: Advance Care Planning. Amanda Meier 8am-6pm 2/26, Friday: 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: Winter
Volunteer Symposium: Family Dynamics and the Volunteer. Jenn Flaum from the Heartlight Center will
join us as the main presenter. Following the presentation, we will break into
Zoom rooms to discuss and troubleshoot various real-life scenarios that
hospice volunteers have experienced with family dynamics. 3/3
Wednesday: TRUvies Movie Night: SOUL - Joe
Gardner is a school teacher/pianist who has never been able to fulfill his
dream of becoming a professional jazz musician. He finally gets the chance
after successfully auditioning for legendary singer Dorothea Williams..
On the day of his big debut, though, Joe is distracted and walks right into
an open manhole. Realizing that he's dead and is literally on a conveyor belt
moving toward the proverbial white light, Joe hops off, landing in the
“Great Before” where new souls are created and sent to Earth. While
stuck in the Great Before, Joe contemplates his choices and regrets the existence
that he mostly took for granted. This latest Pixar film is a good one:
pleasant and clever, with a generous heart. 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Zoom Code: 850 229 3682 |
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3/5, Friday: Book Club: No Pressure/No Diamonds by Teri Dillion. Author joining us live.
At 35 and newly married, psychotherapist and Buddhist
practitioner Teri Dillion suspects she knows most of the answers to a
satisfying and meaningful life. But once diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease
(ALS) and told to get her affairs in order before facing total paralysis and
death, she finds herself pertly booted off all lofty perches of smug psychology
and easy equanimity.
Please join us to
share with the author your personal reflections from her beautiful book. Bring statements and sentences of the book
that spoke to you. This is a special
opportunity to share with the author how
the book has touched you both personally and as a TRU hospice volunteer. The
author is limited as to how long she can participate on the Zoom call given her
current health condition and energy level and will be listening to you all.
3/12, Friday: VC Zoom Presentation - Open Books: Patient
Reflection – Marie Zrust
3/19, Friday: VC Zoom Presentation - “Positive Psychology”
with Jody Andrews. This
is one of our greatest events we’ve done in the past, so mark your calendar and
be ready to walk away refreshed and renewed!!! (Pending)
3/26, Friday: VC
Zoom Presentation: Ted Talk: Prepare for a good end of life https://www.ted.com/talks/judy_macdonald_johnston_prepare_for_a_good_end_of_life
4/2, Friday: Book
Club: End of Life Book Club presented by Evie Cohen.
4/7, Wednesday: TRUvies Movie Night, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Dick
Johnson is Dead
Zoom Code: 850 229 3682
Dick
Johnson is dead. May his soul rest in peace. He will always be in our
prayers… even though Dick Johnson is not yet dead. Dick
Johnson is a pleasant and cheerful man who makes you want to hug him. His
daughter, documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson, can’t fathom the idea that his
joie de vivre and kindness will forever disappear from this world. So to face
her worst fears, she decided to make a movie about him because, maybe, in that
way, Dick Johnson will live forever in both our hearts and eyes. But
instead of interviewing him or using old home movies, Kirsten has asked
her father to participate in his own fake funeral and to perform in some
elaborate death scenes. Our culture is so afraid of death that we seldom
approach it in such an open and honest way. This film is a reminder that death
is rarely controlled and goodbyes should never be put off.
4/9, Friday: VC
Zoom Presentation:
4/16, Friday: VC
Zoom Presentation: Open Books Patient Reflection – Volunteer Presenter pending
4/23, Friday: VC
Zoom Presentation: Susan Numchez – “Cause to Pause” Our education and
training modules offers strategies for navigating the difficult emotions that
can arise for caregivers. By integrating tools for reflection and awareness we
become more resilient, and the capacity for compassion expands. Through this
shared human experience we inspire each other to live whole-heartedly.
4/28, Wednesday:
Volunteer Support Group: Death Café with
Kim Mooney 5:30pm-7:30pm Zoom Access code is: 850 229
3682
4/30, Friday: VC Zoom Presentation - TBD
5/5 TRUvies Movie Night, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Zoom Code: 850 229
3682
5/7 Book Club-:
FINAL GIFTS –“SPECIAL GUEST” Author
Patricia Kelley’s husband, Craig Hafner, will be joining us. Final Gifts by
Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley "For everyone who has
been or ever will be close to someone who is dying, this book is aimed at
helping them to understand not only what the experience of death is like, but
also how to interpret the symbolic messages by which the dying attempt to communicate
their needs to us. ... Google
Books
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