TRU Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule and Opportunities
Volunteer
Symposium on Family Dynamics recording
now available on the TRU Volunteer Website: Recent Educational Recordings: https://sites.google.com/trucare.org/volunteers/home/educational-recordings?authuser=0
NOTARY? Please
let Volunteer Services know if you are a certified Notary and are available to
support patient requests for Notary Services.
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
The Conversation Project in Boulder County at TRU
Community Care is pleased to offer all TRU volunteers a free self-paced advance
care planning (ACP) program called Get Around TRUIT. We believe that ACP
is vitally important for all adults and want to help you get started or continue
the journey.
ACP is a task that falls to the bottom of everyone’s list. People
often think this process is for older people or those with serious
illness—anyone but ourselves. 92% of adults say it is important to talk
about their end-of-life wishes, but only 30% do so. ACP helps give us
control in unpredictable circumstances and provides confidence and comfort to
those who matter most to us. It is truly a gift. We are here to help you check
ACP off your to-do list!
As The Conversation Project founder Ellen Goodman says, “It’s
always too early, until it’s too late!”
Get Around TRUIT will begin on 3/8/21and end on
3/31/21. The approximate time commitment over these three weeks is 3-5 hours.
You will be able to proceed through the material at your own pace.
We will hold a Zoom kick-off meeting on March 8th from 11-noon to
show you all the website, how the program is organized, and answer any
questions. Here is the Zoom link for the kick-off meeting:
https://trucare.zoom.us/j/98604217821
There will also be an optional Open House format event on March
17th from 8am-6pm. We have hour long appointments set aside especially for TRU
volunteers to help with questions and guidance.
Program link will be sent to all registrants on March
8th.
Register for Get Around TRUIT here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1eMvj1KY0Dq5YKwGHLQ1Y1wnni8zUJnqZn9oxxfHkX_I_IQ/viewform
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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