Direct Patient Care - Training Required
HPCG patient/family volunteers attend our basic orientation and training classes.

Ways to help:

• Visit with patient/family on a regular basis for companionship and emotional support.
• Stay with patient for short periods of time to provide respite for caregivers.
• Run errands or provide transportation.
• At the Palliative Care Unit at Moses H. Cone Hospital, or at Beacon Place on the HPCG campus, our volunteers serve the needs of “the house” and may visit several different patients during a shift.
• Volunteers may remain in touch with family members after the death of their loved ones, during the early stages of bereavement.

HPCG direct patient care volunteers may visit with patients at home, in the hospital, or in a Greensboro long-term-care facility.

Kids Path Program Support - Training Required
Kids Path volunteers receive our basic orientation and training classes, plus additional KP training that addresses family dynamics when a child has a life-threatening illness or condition, and how children respond to grief and loss.

Ways to help:

HPCG Support Volunteers - Training Required
HPCG Support volunteers receive an orientation to our programs at HPCG. Following orientation, there will be specialized onsite training provided to the volunteer in the chosen area of assistance.

Ways to help:

• Staff the reception desk at Beacon Place and Kids Path-provide a welcoming presence to visitors, answer the phone and transfer calls to staff and residents.
• Assist with various administrative tasks such as recording information in patients’ charts, filing medical records, writing acknowledgements for donations, and computer data entry.
• Work on special projects.
• Work with our horticultural therapist in the HPCG gardens.

Volunteer for HPCG Speakers Bureau - Training Required
Orientation and training to HPCG programs are provided.

Ways to help:

• Attend public events such as health fairs and /or civic club meetings to explain HPCG services, funding and how the community might support HPCG.
• Set up our trade show display, answer questions, and distribute literature at health fairs and other community awareness events.
• Represent HPCG at United Way employee campaign rallies in local businesses.

Volunteer for HPCG Special Events - No Prior Training required.

Ways to help:

• Provide help in traffic direction, ushering, and greeting at special events such as “Light Up A Life.”
• Assist with office tasks such as data entry, phone calls, mailings, and word processing.
• Chair or co-chair an HPCG sponsored fundraising event.

Group Volunteer Opportunities for HPCG
Following are some suggestions based on successful past projects. However, our needs vary and change. We welcome your ideas for ways your group would like to be of service to HPCG.

Ways to help:

• Tend gardens and grounds around our campus to promote a year-round atmosphere of serenity and natural beauty for visitors and residents.
• Host a special occasion at Beacon Place such as an ice cream social, cookout, or cookies and punch.
• Prepare home-cooked meals for homecare families, families at Beacon Place, and families at the Palliative Care Unit at Moses H. Cone Hospital. Often families spend long hours with their loved ones and a home-cooked meal helps them through a difficult period.
• Holidays such as Yom Kippur, Christmas, Hanukkah, or Thanksgiving are made special by an individual or a group willing to provide food, decorations, or gifts.

Special Skill Volunteers for HPCG

Read our current Volunteer Newsletter.

Click here to view our Volunteer Training Sessions.