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01.17.2012 Volunteer Opportunities: Free Hospice Touch Volunteer Training Sessions are scheduled for Compassionate, Caring, Consistent individuals looking for a way to fulfill New Year’s Resolutions to get involved in the New Year.
Four Consecutive Fridays in January and February, the 20th and 27th of January and the 3rd and 10th of February, from 9 am to 12:00 noon in Irvine. Call Ginger Askew at 888-327-1936 for exact location and to register for classes.
01.13.2012 Six Steps to Getting Started as a Volunteer: Getting involved in Hospice Volunteering can be a little overwhelming at first. Here are six key steps to make sure you have a great volunteer experience:
1. Time To Give? -- First, determine how much time you have available. You don't want to over commit and leave the organization in a lurch, and you don't want to get yourself into situation where you're not enjoying the work you're doing.
2. Setting the Stage -- Next, determine what kind of environment you want to work in as a volunteer. Outdoors? Indoors? At a desk? In front of an audience? Not every organization can offer all these environments.
3. Does Cause Matter? -- Cause refers to the specific mission of an organization: the goals they are working for. Do you find yourself energized and inspired to change the world in one specific fashion?
4. Now You Can Start -- Once you've thought about availability, environment and cause, you're ready to search. But where do you start? Right here in Facebook with this opportunity.
5. Getting Social – Sign up for a free training that Hospice Touch offers.
Four Consecutive Friday Mornings, January 20th, 27th and February 10th and 17th from 9 am – 12 noon, in Irvine.
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Two consecutive Saturdays, February 11th and 18th from 9 am – 3:30 pm in Santa Ana. Call Ginger Askew 888-327-1936 or email gaskew@hospicetouch.com.
6. Give Back and Get Ahead -- Finally, don't be afraid to look for opportunities that can help you professionally or academically. Lots of projects will look great on your resume or your college application. The more you can find something that aligns your needs with the needs of an organization, the more likely you are to have a great experience. Happy Volunteering!
(Adapted from www.volunteermatch.org)
12.30.2011 Volunteer Opportunites: Two free Hospice Touch Volunteer Training Sessions are scheduled for Compassionate, Caring, Consistent individuals looking for a way to fulfill New Year’s Resolutions to get involved in the New Year.
1. Two Consecutive Saturdays in January, the 7th and 14th from 9 am to 3:30 pm.
Location: Hospice Touch Office
3401 W. Sunflower Avenue, Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Lunch will be provided. Call Ginger Askew at 888-327-1936 to register for classes.
2. Four Consecutive Fridays in January and February, the 20th and 27th of January and the 3rd and 10th of February, from 9 am to 12:00 noon in Irvine. Call Ginger Askew at 888-327-1936 for exact location and to register for classes.
Once training and all screenings are completed, patient assignments are made as close to where you live as possible. Time commitment is 1-4 hours a week and you set your own schedule.
Hospice Touch is also looking for consistent support in our office in Santa Ana. Again, you would set your own time commitment.
To find out more about volunteering watch this video.
12.20.2011 Food Drive: Thanks to the generosity of our staff and business partners, Hospice Touch has collected over 2 barrels worth of food for the Holiday Food Drive!
12.14.2011 Secret Santa: December 16 will be a busy day at Hospice Touch! We will be holding our Secret Santa gift exchange and having a holiday potluck, and it will be the last day to donate to our food drive. If you haven’t already, sign up for the potluck by the front desk!
12.14.2011 Thank You:Thank you to all who attended our annual Holiday Party held at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana! You can see pictures from the event on our Facebook.
11.29.2011 Healing Hearts Fundraiser:A fundraising campaign for the Healing Hearts Association is kicking off and this is your invitation to participate. The purpose of this campaign, known as the Multiple Campaign, is to have 30 people ask 30 of their friends, family and business contacts to donate $30.00 to reach our goal of $35,000 in 30 days.
This is a wonderful cause. The Healing Hearts Association is a non-profit foundation that works with families that have recently dealt with or will be dealing with a loss of a family member. One of the greatest programs supported by Healing Hearts is called Camp Erin. This camp is for children ages 6-17 who have lost a parent, grandparent, or sibling in the past year. It is a wonderful 3 day experience, FREE of charge to the families, where kids get to meet other kids experiencing the same pain. The camp features both clinical activities for grief as well as good old fashioned camp fun! Healing Hearts also helps families with a loved one still on hospice, with financial assistance, and granting memories to families who have someone with a terminal illness.
Since we all will deal with the loss of a family member sometime in our life, it is wonderful to know that there is an organization out there that will help those that might need a little more support getting through that tough time.
To take part and donate $30.00, just go to the website, www.hhassn.org, and click on the donate button. Then, send this letter to 30 friends and family members and encourage their participation.
Thank you in advance for your support of the campaign to help grieving children and families during a most difficult time in their lives.
11.23.2011 Thank You: Hospice Touch would like to thank the 52 people who participated in the 2011 Annual Employee Survey. The information our employees provided will assist management in identifying areas for improvement, build on achievements, and set new directions.
11.23.2011 Colleague Recognition: As of today, employees may nominate colleagues for recognition. Nomination slips are available on our new Touches board across from the front desk. They may be filled out at any time; there is no limit. Those nominated will be recognized on our Touches board.
11.08.2011 Food Drive: HT is partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, which is part of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, for a food drive that will kick off Monday.
10.28.11 FREE Hospice Touch Volunteer Classes Now Forming: 2 consecutive Saturdays. Nov. 12 & 19, 9 am - 3 pm @ 3401 W. Sunflower Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92704. For more info or to register, call Ginger Askew @ 888-327-1936, or email gaskew@hospicetouch.com.
07.29.2011 Hospice Touch has a new Medical Director: We are pleased to welcome to the Hospice Touch family Owrang Dastmalchi D.O., QME Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Osteopathic Internal Medicine in the role of Medical Director. In his new role as hospice medical director Dr. Dastmalchi hopes to focus his attention on helping to increase Hospice Touch census and improve the quality of care. He plans on reaching out to each associate director to gain insight and feedback.
05.05.2011 Second Location Opens: Hospice Touch second location, located at 11825 Major Street in Culver City opened its door on May, 5, 2011. This location serves the greater LA area. Currently with a patient census of 5 and growing, the Culver City location is primed for growth.
