All it takes is compassion and a little time to become a hospice volunteer for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of New Jersey Shore, Eatontown. There is a need for volunteers in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties.
Volunteers give their time to terminally ill patients and their caregivers during a critical time. In orientation classes, they are trained in listening skills, family dynamics and the right words to say to patients and their loved ones at the end of life. For more information or to attend an orientation class, call Samia Duarte, VITAS volunteer services manager, at 732- 389-0066.