VOLUNTEER CONNECTION NEWSLETTER

Designed to keep you TRULY informed!

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Death Café Tonight! VC Zoom schedule through June

4/28, Wednesday 5:30-7:30pm (stay as long or short as you wish): Volunteer Support Group: Death Café with Kim Mooney Zoom Access code is: 850 229 3682

(Scroll down for full Volunteer Connection Zoom schedule.)


TRU IS HIRING

Please take a look at our open positions and pass along any opportunities that might be of interest to friends and family in your personal network. We would love your help in adding to our growing and talented team!

 

The Biology of Grief

Scientists know that the intense stress of grieving can affect the body in various ways, but much remains a mystery.

Jury Duty Scams

Being selected for jury service can cause many people anxiety and stress.  Unfortunately, scam artists know the added pressure associated with jury duty can make people lower their defenses and become more susceptible to fraud.  Victims are caught off guard with the unexpected threat of arrest and may be quick to part with personal information or money to defuse the situation. 

 TRU Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule and Opportunities

Please click the following link to view the Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Calendar:  https://vcnewsletter.blogspot.com/   You can also go to the Volunteer Home page and click on Volunteer Connection Newsletter!

 

ZOOM EVENING MEETINGS(TRUVIES-1st Wednesday(6:30pm-8:30pm) and Volunteer Peer Support Group 4th Wednesday(5:30pm-7:30pm)-Zoom code is 850 229 3682.

 

ZOOM VOLUNTEER CONNECTION MEETINGS: Fridays 12:15pm-1:45pm.

Zoom Code: 448 343 968

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TRU Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule and Opportunities           

 

4/28, Wednesday 5:30-7:30pm (stay as long or short as you wish): Volunteer Support Group: Death Café with Kim Mooney Zoom Access code is: 850 229 3682

 

4/30, Friday: VC Zoom Presentation - Ted Talk: What's invisible? More than you think - John Lloyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EUy_82IChY  Wendy’s Epiphany – recognizing invisible support and connections to reaffirm Life and Living in the time of COVID.

5/5 Wednesday: TRUvies Movie Night 6:30pm to 8:30pm - Dying Wish: A Dying Doctor’s Decision to Stop Eating and Drinking, Zoom Code: 850 229 3682

80 year old Dr Michael Miller suffers from late-term terminal cancer.  This film explores the personal, social and ethical implications of Miller's decision to discontinue eating and drinking in order to achieve a more peaceful and less lengthy dying process. Dying Wish is a 12 day journey with Michael, his family and his hospice team in an exploration of the final days of his life.  While it is impossible not to be touched by this journey, it is also an educational and deeply thought-provoking film for any caregiver to experience and consider. 

 

5/7 Friday: 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

 

5/14 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: Patient/Family Volunteer Refresher Training

 

5/21 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: Survival Talk for the CAREGIVER- Jessica O’Leary, TRU Patient Care Consultant

 

5/28 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: The Natural Funeral – Karen Van vuren Pending

 

6/2 Wednesday:  TRUvies Movie Night, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. The Father

Zoom Code: 850 229 3682

Anthony is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne, encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can't make daily visits anymore and Anthony's grip on reality is unravelling. As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her? THE FATHER warmly embraces real life, through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition; heart-breaking and uncompromisingly poignant - a movie that nestles in the truth of our own lives.

 

6/4 Friday: Book Club: The December Project with author &TRU volunteer Sara Davidson.

 

6/11 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: “Can’t Create this Up”-Stories of the Afterlife - Jessica DeSimone

 

6/18 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: Cancelled. New Volunteer Training Day

 

6/25 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: “Connections” Therapist and TRU Volunteer, Sue Ann Belmont


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