Volunteer Training – for Hospice/Outreach Programs Thursday, June 21
Session choices: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm OR 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
**Note: only 1 training session will be held. The class with the most participants signed up will go ahead, so please sign up for your preferred time.** The session is free and available to past, present, and future volunteers. We are always looking for new volunteers, so come see if volunteering for Hospice and/or Outreach is the right fit for you!
OUTREACH PROGRAM
The Outreach Program has volunteer counselors available to all members of the community. Anyone experiencing difficulties in the areas of: stress, life-style changes, grief, depression, abuse, budgeting, or loneliness can benefit from the Outreach Program.
Volunteers are needed for: in-home visits, hospice, and driving services for medical appointments in Logan Lake or nearby communities of Kamloops or Merritt.
If you would like to be an Outreach volunteer, please call the WHY at 250-523-6229.
HOSPICE CARE
Care is available to patients and their families in their homes, in hospital, or in other health care facilities.
HOSPICE WORKERS – Trained volunteers can play an essential role in the support of terminally ill people and their families. They are genuinely interested in helping, listening, and offering advice.
GRIEF COUNSELLING – Bereavement is one of the most stressful times in a person’s life. We can help you to acknowledge the uniqueness and the pain of your loss, and help you to move through this time of loss with attention to you intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, or through hospital treatments. Family members, or those needing grief support or information, may call the WHY office. The WHY will be starting a 10-week support group. Please contact us for more information.
TRANSPORTATION – Transportation is provided by volunteers for individuals who require transportation for medical appointments or hospital treatments that have no other avenues to use for travel. There are certain days that Handi Dart travels to Kamloops and/or Merritt; all efforts should be made to use this service first. Call 1-888-376-7525 for this service.
IN-HOME VISITS – Arrangements can be made for people to telephone or visit you in your home. Please know that there is no need to be lonely as there are people out there who are wiling to help.
ARTHRITIS SELF-MANAGEMENT – Led by trained volunteers. Group meeting to exchange information, provide support, and learn safe principles for exercising with arthritis, managing pain, taking medications, dealing with depression, working with your health care team, and evaluating non-traditional treatments.
CAP (Community Access Program)
Community Computers
The WHY offers access to computers, as well as High Speed Internet, on three community use computers. For each 15 minutes there is a small charge for both computer and internet use. This fee is used to help with upkeep of the computers
ASHCROFT AND DISTRICT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Representatives from the Ashcroft offices are in Logan Lake alternate Wednesdays from 10:15 am to 3:00 pm in the WHY office. They work with other community and government organizations to make sure that people with employment concerns or employment training inquiries have access to all the resources they require. Call 1-833-453-9421 for more information or to make an appointment.