April 2008

Happy Birthday

Staff

Volunteers

Susan Gough (2) Sharon Mungin (3) Claudia Woodward (7) Bridget Schmidt (8) Lynn Anglin (8) Laura Bush (11) Alan Poe (23) Patricia Brame (30)

Bryant Hinnant (1) Jerri Chaplin (3) Scott Payne (3) Bernice Friendly (3) Sandra Kerr (7) Jo Dunne (7) Evelyn Link (8) Deborah Mazyck (9) Jennifer Blanchard (9) Ernestine Brunet (11) Lucy Preyer (11) Diana Needham (11) Linda Wilson (11) Jessica Bullington (12) Brittany Backman (12) Roni Privette (15) April Wooten (18) James Thompson (19) Robert Shealy (25) Diane Treiber (27) Suzannah Bagwell (29) Carolyn Wylly (29) Mary-Lynn Buck (30)

Excerpts from a Pink Sheet

"Mr. A said he wanted to go outside, so we went into the garden. He insisted that he did not want me to help by pushing the wheelchair, and I observed that he skillfully and rapidly moved to the garden. He enjoyed being in the fresh, somewhat chilly air. He was able to zipper up his jacket with very minor difficulty. We sat outside for about 20 minutes and discussed some of his life experiences: growing up during the depression, hunting, fishing, completing high school, moving to Charleston, employment at the navy yard, enlistment in the Navy and preparation for the invasion of Japan at the time of War's end. He is very much aware of his surroundings, bulbs he planted last year are now blooming; when the various bushes were planted; even his observation of a buzzards nest in a nearby pine tree, which, with his aid, I finally located."

- taken from the pink sheets of one of our 93 volunteers that work with patients and families. Please know that your words are read by many.

Welcome New Staff

Phil Williams, Human Resource Director
George Rumbold, Red Team Manager
Michelle Sears, RN Case Manager Red Team

Volunteer Training

Teleconference In-service, two locations
Wednesday, April 16th. Registration 1 pm
"Living with Grief: Children and Adolescents"
1:00-4:30 pm

MUSC Institute of Psychiatry
1st floor, 67 President Street
Or
Goose Creek Municipal Complex
Police Dept Community Room
509 N. Goose Creek Blvd

FREE OF CHARGE, 3 hour certificate provided

Tues, Wed & Thurs, April 22-24 5:30-8 pm
General Volunteer Training
3870 Leeds Ave
Call Jillian/Diane 529-3100 to arrange interview prior to training.

HOSPICE OF CHARLESTON
SPRINT MEMORIAL SERVICE
MAY 18 at 3 pm Cypress Gardens, Monks Corner
Enjoy a beautiful, peaceful walk through these historic gardens, no admission charge.

Yard Sale

Hospice of Charleston's
Friday, April 4th
Fabulous treasures at great prices.
8:30 am to 1:30 pm

Volunteers Needed

Belk's Charity Day
Saturday, May 3
6 to 10 am
$5.00 off your 1st purchase and 20%-60% off all store merchandise.
Call Diane or Jillian for advance $5 tickets.

Thanks to Dori Lawton for doing our newsletter.

Hospice of Charleston volunteers gave 1151 hours in February and drove 8346 miles to do it. Thank you volunteers.

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."
Herman Melville (1819-1891)

April's Outstanding Volunteer

A $25 Gas card this month goes to volunteer Dottie Kennedy for Outstanding Volunteer Service. Dottie volunteers every week at Leeds Avenue in receivables, medical records and the volunteer office and often stays long after we are gone. You are very good to us Dottie, thank you.