Lightways volunteers with custom made memorial bears

Volunteer Opportunities

Are you looking for ways to use your talents and passion to help patients and families in our community?

Help Us Bring the Light: Volunteering at Lightways

Whether you work directly with patients and their families or provide support behind the scenes, volunteering at Lightways is very rewarding.

Lightways volunteers range from students to retirees, homemakers to professionals, individuals to service groups. Although all have different reasons for volunteering, all Lightways volunteers are committed to providing unwavering support with the powerful positivity of light.

Volunteer sitting at reception station

As a Lightways volunteer, you’ll become part of a highly dedicated and caring group of extraordinary people.

Direct and Indirect Care Volunteers

We need volunteers with a wide-range of skills and interests. Here are a few opportunities:

Direct Care Volunteers

Direct care volunteers provide services directly to patients and families. Volunteers will visit in a patient’s private residence, a nursing home, or the Hospice Inpatient Unit. These services include:

  • Companionship
  • Vigil
  • Grief Support

Click here for more information about other Direct Care opportunities.

 

Indirect Care Volunteers

Indirect care volunteers support Lightways in many ways. Our Indirect Care volunteers have unique skills that help Lightways with special projects and community events. These services include:

  • Gardening
  • Administrative Services
  • Memorial Bear Seamstress
  • Bakery Angels

Click here for more information about other Indirect Care opportunities.

Volunteer Opportunities Form

Volunteer Interest Form

To honor the grieving process, volunteers are asked to wait one year after the death of a loved one before becoming a Lightways volunteer.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Volunteer Program  |  Veteran Volunteers  |  Volunteer Time Sheets