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Volunteering

Individuals just like you – seniors, students and even youth who have positive energy and a heart for helping others – tell us that sharing their time with seniors at CHCC feels pretty amazing.

What you send out comes back.

As a volunteer at CHCC, you’ll bring joy to the life of another person. You’ll become a friend; you’ll help others continue to live life to its fullest. That’s all good, right? Those gifts will come back to you as well.

Click the accordions below to learn about various volunteer opportunities at CHCC.

General volunteer opportunities at CHCC

The following is a list of volunteer opportunities at Christian Health Care Center. Please contact our therapeutic recreation department if you would like to help in these areas or suggest something new.

General

  • Friendly visitor for one-on-one visits with residents
  • Inter-generational activities
  • Write a letter for residents
  • Pet visits
  • Display monthly activity calendar throughout building
  • Reception relief
  • Therapeutic recreation staff assistant
  • Song leader

Crafts and Games

  • Craft leader or assistant
  • Play a board game (bingo, cards, cribbage, checkers, chess)
  • Seasonal watering and weeding/gardening projects

Spiritual

  • Devotions leader
  • Worship service leader

Entertainment

  • Guest speakers
  • Individual or group vocalists
  • Piano or instrument players
  • Share a slide show
  • Variety program
Weekend receptionist, noon to 12:45 p.m.

Noon to 12:45 p.m., weekends.

As a weekend reception desk volunteer, you’ll distribute and collect visitor badges, and you’ll help monitor resident safety near the door. (Others in the building will answer the phone during your time at the reception desk.)

If you are interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity, please call our volunteer coordinator, Michele, at 360-354-4434.

Sacred Transitions: creating a peaceful environment during a resident’s final hours

The goal of the Sacred Transitions program is to seat a specially trained volunteer alongside a resident during their final hours to ensure that nobody dies alone, except by choice. 

Sacred Transitions volunteers are special people. They are calm, patient and kind. They work alongside CHCC staff members to make sure that every person’s end of life journey is filled with peace, comfort and grace. We get one chance to do this for a resident, and it is a privilege to serve them during this important life transition. 

Volunteering in this role can take a number of forms: perhaps you will sit quietly by, just being present. Perhaps you will keep soft music playing, pray or read. Perhaps you will listen, talk or reminisce with the resident. 

CHCC maintains a list of local citizens and faith leaders who would like to give back in this way — sitting in vigil as a life ends. You will be trained by CHCC staff before any assignment. We also provide a list of things to say and do to make this process easier; you can find that here. 

Once approved for the program, you will be contacted as needs arise.  

If you would like to volunteer for this purposeful role, call 360-354-4434 to speak with our volunteer coordinator, Michele Rogan. You will also need to fill out and turn in the three documents linked at the bottom of this webpage.

What sounds good to you? Would you like to help a senior write letters to their family? Do you play the piano? Do you have a craft or travel experience you’d like to share? Would you like to adopt a grandparent and visit them each week? The options are endless; we’ll customize a volunteer plan that fits your needs and the needs of our wonderful residents.

Sign up to be a volunteer

When you are ready to begin, simply call 360-354-4434 to speak with our volunteer coordinator, Michele Rogan. You will also need to read the Volunteer Handbook and fill out and turn in three documents, available here or at the front desk:

COVID-19 vaccination is recommended but not required.

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