Volunteer Helps Care Team Office Run

Chris handles some paperwork.

In her retirement, Christine “Chris” Beach wanted to find a meaningful place to volunteer her time. One of her friends  volunteered making evening phone calls for Suncoast Hospice and Chris chose to become a volunteer with us, too.

Chris jumped in enthusiastically last July serving as an office volunteer for one of our south Pinellas facility care teams based at our St. Petersburg community service center. Office volunteers help our care teams and departments countywide operate.

Chris works Mondays and sometimes Thursdays at the center providing essential support to her team. She enters all of the volunteer visit notes, updates the telephone support list, runs reports for another office volunteer to use and prints labels for that volunteer’s mailings to patients’ attending physicians.

“The office is a good fit for me. I do whatever they need me to do and I’m willing to do more,” said Chris, adding how she appreciates the welcoming environment there.

Chris gets set for computer work.

“The people who work for Suncoast Hospice are really sweet. It’s so nice to be around happy people. I feel like I made a home here. I love it here,” she said.

Is volunteering one of your New Year resolutions?

Become an office volunteer. Individuals with computer skills are particularly needed. Apply online or call 727-586-4432.