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Thursday, September 27, 2007 (EST) - Beacon Hospice Volunteer Training Program

Beverly, MA. Beacon Hospice, Inc. of recently announced the start of a new six-week Volunteer Training. Volunteer Training sessions begin on September 27th from 6-9pm and will be followed by sessions on 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1 from 6-9pm. All sessions will be held on the campus of North Sho



Beacon Hospice provides quality end-of-life care to local terminally-ill patients out of its office in Beverly and relies on volunteers to ensure the delivery of extraordinary care to these patients. Volunteers can provide much needed support to patients and their families in a number of ways including:

  • visiting with patients on an ongoing basis,
  • sitting vigils,
  • organizing craft projects, and,
  • working in their Beacon Hospice office.

For more information, interested volunteers should contact Jill Hurley, Volunteer Coordinator, at 978-524-9510 or jhurley@beaconhospice.com.

Beacon Hospice is Medicare-certified, Massachusetts state licensed, and CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program) accredited for hospice services.

Beacon Hospice Inc., New England’s largest provider of end-of-life care services, was established in 1995 to serve the needs of terminally ill patients and was founded on the philosophy that all patients should receive the highest quality of care possible and be able to choose the manner in which they wish to live out their lives.  Beacon Hospice cares for more than 1,200 patients in more than 500 communities and has 20 offices across five states: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine and Rhode Island.


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