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VNSNY Volunteer

Program Volunteering to enrich the lives
of VNSNY patients and members

Volunteers make important contributions through- music, listening, advocacy, meditation, prayer, or reading
out our entire organization each and every day. to bring comfort to them.
In 2017, more than 577 volunteers provided over 42,000
hours of service to VNSNY, positively impacting the lives Other VNSNY volunteers organize art shows and holiday
of vulnerable children and their families throughout the parties for our disadvantaged mental health clients, provide
New York area, as well as homebound elderly patients. daily support services at our Chinatown Community Center,
assist with the special needs of chronically ill adults and
Ranging in age from 18 to 98 years old, VNSNY volunteers children, help with VNSNY’s community outreach,
provide vital assistance that touches every corner of fundraising and office activities—and much more.
VNSNY. In VNSNY CHOICE, for instance, volunteers reach
out by phone to CHOICE members who are living alone In 2017, the dollar value of the time and impact donated
in their homes. by VNSNY’s volunteers was calculated at more than
$1.3 million—but in truth, their contributions are priceless.
Within VNSNY Hospice, trained volunteers make Thank you, VNSNY volunteers!
comforting visits to hospice patients and their families
each day. Some volunteers receive additional training in To learn more about becoming a VNSNY volunteer,
order to serve as “Vigil Volunteers.” Developed to address please call us at 212-609-1570. For information on
the simple and humanistic goal that no patient should how to become a VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care
be alone at the end of life, the Vigil Volunteers sit at the volunteer, please call 212-946-9235.
bedside of hospice patients, where they may utilize touch,

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