HEARTS AND HANDS
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WHAT WE DO:
Mission: Hearts and
Hands volunteers provide practical and emotional support to assist isolated,
ill, frail, elderly or disabled adults to maintain independence and improve
their quality of life.
Program Description:
Trained volunteers help neighbors in need with:
Emotional support,
companionship and outings.
Volunteer service
may include light housekeeping, simple home repairs or yard work, local
errands, or on-island transportation.
Volunteers enable
care givers to have a break. |
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REFERRALS
If you or someone you know is in need assistance from a
Hearts and Hands volunteer, then contact the office at 376-7723. A volunteer
case manager will arrange for an assessment meeting to determine what needs can
be met through our program, and a volunteer will be assigned. If appropriate,
referrals to other programs and services will be provided. There is no fee for
services provided by Hearts and Hands.
HOW CAN I HELP?
You can help continue services to the Orcas Island
community by donating your Time, Talent or Treasure.
Volunteers can share their time and talent in a number of ways: direct care to a
care recipient, administrative assistance, or public relations. You can share
your treasure by giving a tax-deductible donation to Hearts and Hands through
the Orcas Senior Center Advisory Committee that is supported primarily by
on-going community donations, annual fund raising events and foundation grants.
Care Recipients are grateful for your gifts.
VOLUNTEERS:
All volunteers receive a minimum two-hour training and
orientation of the principles and guidelines of being a HEARTS AND HANDS
volunteer. Volunteers serve care-recipients in their own homes. The orientation
and on-going communication between coordinator and volunteer prepares and
supports volunteers to be sensitive to the needs of the care recipient and to
respect each person’s right to compassionate care, confidentiality, and dignity
at all phases of life. If you are interested in volunteering, contact the HEARTS
AND HANDS office at 376-7723.
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Special Thanks
“Thanks for all you do.”
F.K.
“Eternal thanks for the support…. I can leave home for
a few hours without worry - a blessing. Good luck…
J.B.
“Keeping your loved ones in familiar surroundings seems
like the right thing to do… Many thanks. It is wonderful folks like these
who make this such a great community, and we are proud to be part of it.”
The W. Family
“Thank you for all the good work you do.”
G. and D.S. |
HEARTS AND HANDS HISTORY:
HEARTS AND HANDS was founded in 2004 as an auxiliary
program of Lahari Hospice and Respite Care. In 2009 HEARTS AND HANDS joined the
Orcas Island Senior Center.
ORGANIZATION:
HEARTS AND HANDS is a program of Orcas Island Senior
Center, a non-profit 501c3 corporation. The program is administered by Volunteer
Coordinator, Betsy Louton. The Orcas Island Senior Center Advisory Committee
supports the administration and operation of the program services and community
outreach.
HEARTS AND HANDS
P.O. Box 18
Eastsound, WA 98255
360-376-7723
heartsandhands@orcasonline.com
“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that
the three things we crave most in life – happiness, freedom, and peace of mind –
are always attained by giving them to someone else.”
Peyton Conway March