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Volunteer Opportunities

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Volunteers are the heart of our organization. Their dedication and passion help us achieve our mission and make a real difference in the community.

By volunteering, you help provide emotional, social, and practical assistance, making a profound impact on the lives of those we serve. Your presence offers hope, dignity, and a sense of community. 


ConnectionsPlus Healthcare + Hospice offers many different volunteer opportunities that allow volunteers to choose a role in which they feel comfortable and fulfilled. 

Signup online to become a ConnectionsPlus Volunteer or apply in person.  
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Administrative Volunteers 
Provide support in the office: answering the phone, preparing mailings. data entry, filing, scanning, special projects. 

Bereavement Volunteers 
Visits, phone calls, support groups, memorial services and send bereavement mailings. 

Direct Patient Care Volunteers 
Visits the patients and their families at home, nursing homes. assisted living facilities. Pays a friendly visit; relieves a family caregiver for an afternoon out, accompanies a patient to the hair salon, grocery store, etc. Reads aloud, listens to memories, be the high point in someones day. 

Hair Care Volunteers 
Volunteers with a current cosmetology license provide haircuts, shampoos and styling to our hospice patients. 

Massage Volunteers 
Volunteers with a current massage therapy license provide friendly touch and massage to hospice patients. 

Music Therapy Volunteers
Volunteers take out pre-programmed iPod's or CD's to hospice and AIC patients. They may sit and enjoy the music with the patient or allow the patient to reminiscence by listening their self.  

Pet Therapy Volunteers 

Screened and trained pets and their volunteer owners visit patients and provide socialization, comfort, life review, etc.

Personal Pampering Volunteers
Trained volunteers apply lotion, polish nails and otherwise raise patients’ esteem.

Photography Volunteers
Taking professional pictures of the patient and family, generally providing a picture CD to the family.

Veteran Volunteers 
Address special end-of-life needs by replacing lost medals, linking veterans to VA benefits, performing life review, visiting on Veteran’s Day, educating veterans organizations, etc.

Vigil Volunteers 
Help ensure that no patient dies alone by being present at the final stages of a patient’s life.


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Non-profit Headquarters
315 Myers Street
Lexington, VA 24450

Phone:  (540) 463-1848
Fax: (540) 463-3175
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Regional Office 
328 B Jefferson Ave
Clifton Forge, VA 24422

Phone: (540) 862-8820
​Fax: (540) 862-8822


Outside of our Service Area?
(844) 438-6744 
Headquarters Location: 
Headquarters Business Office Hours: 
Monday through Friday
8:30 am to 5:00 pm 
Regional Business Office Hours: 
Monday through Friday
9:00 am to 12:00 pm 
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Financial Statements 2021-2022 | Financial Statements 2022-2023 | Form 990 2021-2022 | Form 990 2022-2023
  • Patients & Families
    • Our Services
    • Advanced Illness Care >
      • FAQs
    • Dementia Care Management
    • Hospice >
      • Is it Time for Hospice?
      • Paying For Hospice Care
    • Grief & Healing >
      • Grief to Growth Group
      • Common Responses to Loss
      • First Aid for Difficult Emotions
      • Grief During the Holidays
      • Other Resources
    • We Honor Veterans >
      • Veteran Guide
    • Advance Directives
  • Healthcare Professionals
    • Why Do HCP's Choose ConnectionsPlus?
    • Admission Criteria
    • Clinical Reference Scales
    • Steps to Make a Referral
  • Community Events
    • Mountain Toppers Healthy Aging
    • Death Cafe
    • Ducks In a Row >
      • Ducks In a Row Survey
    • Tri-County Coon Hunter Association
    • Speakers Bureau
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • The Gift of Time
    • Volunteer Forms
  • Donate
    • Donation Page
    • Donor Survey
    • Vehicle Donations
    • Brick by Brick
    • Legacy Society >
      • Olivia's Story
    • Fabric Hearts
  • ABOUT US
    • CONTACT
    • Our Mission
    • Board of Directors
    • Meet the Team
    • Join Our Team
    • Who We Are
    • Service Area
    • 3 Ways to Support Us