As a volunteer, you’ll visit, make phone calls, attend support groups, attend memorial services and send bereavement mailings.
Create one-of-a-kind Memory Bears from VITAS patients’ clothes to comfort the family.
Visit patients and families at home, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, inpatient hospice units. Pay a friendly visit; relieve a family caregiver for an afternoon out; accompany a patient to the beauty salon, grocery store or a social event; read aloud; listen to memories; walk the dog; be the high point of someone’s day.
Patients and families explore their creative side and express their feelings through the visual arts.
help with local events in the Cincinnati/NKY area. We have many third party events throughout the year and we would love to see new faces!
Help comfort a senior in their last days in our hospice setting
Help by hosting a sneaker drive in your communities–churches, schools, or with local sports teams.
Help by walking our guests through a time-line of Cincinnati firefighting starting in the early 1800’s to current day.
Help by overseeing children and adult arcade-style games; help with chili cook-off, selling tickets; soft drinks, Museum tours, set-up and tear-down.
Is there a project you think would benefit the house? Let us know what you want to do. Past projects have included assistance with creating volunteer handbooks and developing activities for the Hattie and Eliza Stowe Educational Center.