16th Annual Volunteer of the Year Award - 2020
Our Winner Is
Cathy Hendrix - Hospice of Southern Maine
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Learn more about Hospice of Southern Maine at: https://www.hospiceofsouthernmaine.org/
Here's what you should know about the 2020 Volunteer of the year!
Cathy Hendrix was nominated by Kathleen Leddy, the Volunteer Services Manager for Hospice of Southern Maine. Cathy has dedicated over 17 years of her life as a volunteer at HSM providing an average of over 250 hours of service each year. Cathy has served as a direct care volunteer providing comfort, compassion and care to individuals through the end of life and has provided respite care to allow caregivers time away.
All volunteers at HSM receive 30 hours of training initially. Cathy has served as a mentor to new volunteers, has provided guidance through job shadowing, and sits on the volunteer training panel sharing her experiences and knowledge.
Cathy has provided all manner of assistance to the Thresholds conference which provides the terminally ill and their caregivers with the tools necessary to confront death. And she has been a volunteer leader for the Twilight in the Park event which is held each fall in memoriam of individuals who have died.
Cathy also volunteers her administrative expertise as the sole volunteer tasked with assisting the finance team with boxing, labeling and filing year end documents. Kathleen Leddy said that Cathy does all this "with amazing grace."
Cathy Hendrix was nominated by Kathleen Leddy, the Volunteer Services Manager for Hospice of Southern Maine. Cathy has dedicated over 17 years of her life as a volunteer at HSM providing an average of over 250 hours of service each year. Cathy has served as a direct care volunteer providing comfort, compassion and care to individuals through the end of life and has provided respite care to allow caregivers time away.
All volunteers at HSM receive 30 hours of training initially. Cathy has served as a mentor to new volunteers, has provided guidance through job shadowing, and sits on the volunteer training panel sharing her experiences and knowledge.
Cathy has provided all manner of assistance to the Thresholds conference which provides the terminally ill and their caregivers with the tools necessary to confront death. And she has been a volunteer leader for the Twilight in the Park event which is held each fall in memoriam of individuals who have died.
Cathy also volunteers her administrative expertise as the sole volunteer tasked with assisting the finance team with boxing, labeling and filing year end documents. Kathleen Leddy said that Cathy does all this "with amazing grace."