Langley Hospice Society
Volunteering

Regular Hospice Volunteer Services
If you are interested in volunteering with clients, please call Fernande at 604-530-1115. For all other volunteer opportunities, please contact Adrienne at 604-530-1115.

Volunteer Application Form

Foundation Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors' mandate is to raise funds to support the programs of the Langley Hospice Society.
Society Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors are responsible for ensuring that the actions of the Society are in conformity with the Society Act.
Office Reception:
Answering phones, directing calls, greeting clients and other light office duties
Hospice Thrift Store:
Sorting items, customer services and setting up displays
Yard:
Assist with the general maintenance of the yard (seasonal)
Gardening:
Planting and maintaining the gardens (seasonal)
House Repairs:
Electrical, plumbing, carpentry and other general maintenance
Public Relations:
Increase public awareness by providing information to the community through tending a Hospice Booth at various community events.
Newsletter Team:
Assist with folding, stuffing and mailing out our quarterly newsletter.
Brochure Distribution:
Delivering pamphlets to local agencies
Caring Hands Quilting Group:
Join a group of women who meet once monthly to work on quilts for children going through the grieving process.

Fund Raising and Events:

• Journey Walk/Run for Remembrance:
  This annual fundraiser occurs in May and is held at George Preston Civic Centre in Langley. We need help with refreshments, parking patrol, children's activities, tending the Hospice Information Booth, setting up and cleaning up.
• Celebrate-a-Life:
  This annual event occurs the first two weeks in December at the Willowbrook Mall. Volunteers are needed to tend a Hospice seasonal display, to provide information and to lend an ear to people who are remembering their loved one.
• Coordinating Special Events & Projects:
  Provide assistance with coordination of various events and/or projects.

Client Hospice Volunteer Services
In order to become a client volunteer, hospice training is required, at a cost of $100.00. This ten-week 30-hour training is designed to provide the basic skills and knowledge you need to give emotional support to dying and/or bereaved people and their families. Sessions occur twice a year. Please contact Fernande at 604-530-1115 for more information and to register.

Palliative 1:1 Support:
Volunteers offer and provide companionship and emotional support to a dying person and his or her family.
Bereavement 1:1 Support:
Volunteers offer and provide emotional support to those who have lost a loved one through death.
Hospital Residence Visiting Team:
A team of hospice volunteers who are there to listen and offer emotional support to the dying and their families at the Langley Hospice Residence.

Children's Day/Weekend Camps