News on IN PERSON Visits! Volunteer Appreciation and more!!!

 

­­­4/21, Wednesday, 6:00pm

Join us tonight to hear EXCITING NEWS about IN PERSON volunteer visits! Please use the following code for this Zoom meeting: 850 229 3682.

 

Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week!

 

A Proclamation on National Volunteer Week, 2021

APRIL 16, 2021 • PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/16/a-proclamation-on-national-volunteer-week-2021/

 

We are living in a moment that calls for hope and light and love.  Hope for our futures, light to see our way forward, and love for one another.  Volunteers provide all three.  Service — the act of looking out for one another — is part of who we are as a Nation.  Our commitment to service reflects our understanding that we can best meet our challenges when we join together.  This week, we recognize the enduring contributions of our Nation’s volunteers and encourage more Americans to join their ranks…

 

Help Needed!!

 

We need help down in the Trailridge basement. We are trying to do two things. First, clean out any expired supplies for a Project Cure pick-up scheduled for 5/4/21. Second, we need to compile a batch of supplies to stock our Would you be willing to spend a few hours in the basement next week to help us with this project? If so, give us a call and we will set you up with Suzanne Harp, our Clinical Educator and Infection Control Nurse

will work to provide a specific list of what all is needed for the supply gathering and purging.

 

Advance Care Planning Open House

Zoom/Telephone appointments

April 27th from 8am-6pm

 

Our trained volunteers are available throughout the day on April 27th 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.   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. Look for an open house on the last Tuesday of every month in 2021!

 

Register for your appointment.

 

 

Cultural Educational Opportunity: Glad you Asked S2 – E1 How Racist am I? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho2IpTpgRUQ&list=PLjq6DwYksrzyWNq5GvlxSmaX5-hR3qcXX&index=1

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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-1^st Wednesday(6:30pm-8:30pm) and Volunteer Peer Support Group 4^th 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           

 

4/21, Wednesday: Volunteer Appreciation Week- 6pm – 8pm

Zoom code 850 229 3682. Please send Ginger an email with two statements that are true about yourself and one that is false.  Together we will have fun figuring these out and getting to know one another better.

 

4/23, Friday:  VC Zoom Presentation: Susan Nemcek – “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 - 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: The Natural Funeral-Karen Van Vuren

 

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

 

5/28 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: Patient/Family Volunteer Refresher Course

 

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

7/2 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: A love letter to realism in a time of grief https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pollock_and_simone_george_a_love_letter_to_realism_in_a_time_of_grief?rid=4ipsTKnY2Lw6&utm_source=recommendation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=explore&utm_term=watchNow#t-1143641

7/7 Wednesday: TRUvies Movie Night, 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

Zoom Code: 850 229 3682

 

7/9 Friday: Book Club: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Stephanie Rudy-Longmont Crematory

 

7/16 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

7/23 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: Self-Care – What Drains You and what Fills You – Ginger Cooley

7/27 Wednesday: Volunteer Support Group: with Richard Mercer  5:30pm-7:30pm    Zoom Access code is:850 229 3682

 

7/30 Friday: VC Zoom Presentation: The Journey of a Lifetime/Death: A series about Life/A Documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqkmJP90mbs