Hospice volunteer training in Madison May 1

  SKOWHEGAN – Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, Inc. will be offering a training session for volunteers beginning Tuesday, May 1 at the United Baptist Church in Madison. The classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. for four weeks. The last class will be May 24.

   This free training is open to any adult willing to offer in-home support to neighbors in their community, visit people at a nursing home, become a grief group co-facilitator, and/or assist in our office.

   Volunteers enable Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County to fulfill its mission to care for people with life limiting illness, provide support and solace to the grieving, and educate the community.

   To learn more about hospice services or to find out more about becoming a volunteer, please call 474-7775.