volunteer news - Coastal Hospice

January 2011
Coastal Hospice
VOLUNTEER NEWS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
PO Box 1733
Salisbury, MD 21802
www.coastalhospice.org
410-742-8732
or
410-376-3441
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Ralph Capen
Francesca Rendell
Diane Bogdon
Sandy Kramer
Michelle Robbins
Stephanie Williams
Betty Kilchenstein
Dave Duitscher
Ruth Reed
Janet Sanders
Bernice Trader
Betty Lou Bloodsworth
Buddy Dykes
Jenny Hershberger
Doris Taylor
Ernestine Upshur
Betsy Tittermary
Laurie Henry
Lucy Davis
Mickey Newman
We apologize if we have missed
your birthday. Please let us
know so we can add your special day to our list.
January PPD Test Schedule
Location: Old Ocean City Rd. office
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 10 am - 12 pm
Monday, Jan. 24, 10 am - 12 pm
Location: Coastal Hospice at the Lake
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 3 - 5 pm
All volunteers making visits to patients or volunteering at Coastal Hospice at the Lake are
required to have this test annually. If you are unable to receive a PPD test, a negative chest x-ray
and annual symptom review are required.
Please call Volunteer Services at 410-543-2590 (direct line) to schedule your PPD test if
you have not been tested for Tuberculosis in the past 12 months, or if you need a PPD
test in the next few months.
ALL results will be read at the Old Ocean City Road office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
The nurse will inform you of the date to return for your reading .
Holiday Gathering
Enjoyed by All
Volunteers and staff enjoyed
refreshments during the Holiday
Open House held December 7
Left: Lydia Jones, Walter McCabe
Ann Prince, Judith Dorsey
Left: Bobbie White,
Carolyn Jenkins
Volunteer Services New location
Carona, Heather and Judy have a
new address, just a mile from the
Old Ocean City Road office in
the office complex called
PhilMore Commons which is off of Phillip Morris
Drive. Our physical address is 224 Phillip Morris
Drive, suite 202. Please call for directions, we
would love to show you our new office.
Volunteer Services has the same phone number
410-543-2590, but our extensions have changed.
Judy’s extension is now 507, Carona’s and
Heather’s extension is 522.
Volunteers - an Important
Part Of Angel Appeal
Angel appeal volunteers are angels themselves. It
takes over 35 Coastal Hospice volunteers to assemble
holiday trees, mail appeals, hang angels on the trees,
process remittance envelopes, write
thank you notes, and field countless
questions. Our appeal would not be
successful without the help of our
volunteers.
Thank you for your commitment to
Coastal Hospice.
Judy Hunt-Harris
Santa and his Elves
Santa and his elves visited patients at home and at Coastal Hospice at the Lake on December 14,
15, and 16 delivering fruit baskets donated by the Quota Club and stuffed animals donated by Temple
Bat Yam and All Hallows Parish. Elves offered our patients and their families the opportunity to
have their picture taken with Santa. The Santa's were played by Rocky Burnett, Dave Duitscher and
Pete Richmond, and Santa’s elves were affectionately represented by Neil Gottesman, Jim
McWilliams, Ernie Matthews, Kim and Dwight Rolley and Norm Wolske.
We received many calls and letters from patients and their families expressing how wonderful the
visits were. They enjoyed the hugs, smiles and conversation with Santa and his elves. The patients
felt the visit made their day.
Thank you to Santa, his elves and our “behind the scenes” elves for donating their time to make this
event meaningful for our patients and their families.
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Annual Survey Update
Judy, Heather and Carona
Thrift Shop
Training
Jan 17, 12 pm - 4:30 pm
Jan 21, 10 am - 3 pm
Feb 8, 10 am - 3 pm
Feb. 17, 10 am- 3 pm
For details and to register call or email
Judy Hunt-Harris
410-543-2590 ext. 507
jhuntharris@coastalhospice.org
Walter McCabe Accepts
Volunteer Scheduler Position
Volunteers working at Coastal Hospice at the Lake
(CHL) and Coastal Hospice at the Ocean (CHO)
will hear a new voice asking their availability.
Patient Support Volunteer Walter McCabe has
accepted the task of scheduling volunteers for CHL
and CHO.
Walter started calling
volunteers in January. Please
welcome him and remember to
share your volunteer preferences.
To leave a message for Walter call
410-543 2590 ext. 515 or email
volskeds@coastalhospice.org
Spread the word
Introduction to Coastal Hospice
Coastal Hospice Office
2604 Old Ocean City Road
Saturday, January 29, 9 am - 5 pm
Saturday, February 5, 9 am - 5 pm
(Feb. 5 session located at Coastal Hospice at the Lake)
Those interested in Patient Care should plan to attend both sessions. Office volunteers need only attend
Part I, on January 29, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm but are invited to participate in both sessions.
For details and to register call or email Judy Hunt-Harris
410-543-2590 ext. 507, jhuntharris@coastalhospice.org
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Coastal Hospice, Inc.
P.O. Box 1733
Salisbury, Maryland 21802-1733
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIRMAN: Malcolm W. Peverley
VICE CHAIRMAN: W. Richard Holloway
SECRETARY: Christopher T. Woodley, Esq.
TREASURER: Deborah S. Abbott
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN: Peter S. Abbott, MD
PRESIDENT: Alane K. Capen
Diana L. Barber
Allen C. Brown
Patricia A. Dempsey
Roger L. Harrell
Glenna J. Heckathorn
W. Richard Holloway
Barbara W. Jackson
Lorie Phillips
John K. Phoebus, Esq.
Ira F. Shockley
Thomas J. Spain, Esq.
Walter "Macky" Stansell
Nevins W. Todd, M.D.
Dirk W. Widdowson, Esq
Coastal Hospice Volunteer News Editor: Judy Hunt-Harris
Accredited by The Joint Commission.
Reach Coastal Hospice at 410-742-8732 or www.coastalhospice.org
Chew and Chat
Dear Coastal Hospice Volunteers:
Anyone who needs help getting into the spirit of
the holiday season need only get to know you, our
Coastal Hospice Volunteers. Every year, we reach
out into the community for financial support and
every year you make it happen. The annual Angel
Appeal is just one example of the difference you
make in the life of Coastal Hospice.
In fact, this year’s Angel Appeal message seems
as though it was written for and about you. Here’s
what it says: “It’s amazing what can truly happen,
how your life can be so grand, when you give up
trying on your own and let an angel hold your
hand.”
It was a volunteer, Susan Purnell, who chairs our
Development Committee, that found this message
for us. It describes how Hospice can transform
lives, and how all of you make life grand at
Coastal Hospice. The cards are printed locally,
assembled for mailing by the women’s work release unit at the Worcester County jail and labeled
by our volunteer Mailing Committee crew.
When the Angels make their way back to us, each
bearing a gift to support the work of Coastal
Hospice, Volunteer Walt McCabe picks them up
at the Post Office. Next Barbara Stephens and
Karyl Tyler prepare the bank deposit. Finally, a
volunteer corps hand-writes the acknowledgment
cards to donors and delivers angels to the Angel
Trees in the four counties we serve.
It’s a remarkable expression of the love and care
Coastal Hospice brings each day to the community.
And a reminder of the fact that we couldn’t do it
without you.
From the bottom of my heart – and on behalf of
Jan Silvia and Anita Todd, my colleagues in
Development – thank you for all that you do for
Coastal Hospice.
Fondly,
Maureen McNeill,
Coastal Hospice Director of Development
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