Threshold Singer Volunteer

5 days ago

Park Ridge, United States Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care Full time

Threshold Singers is an all-women movement for those who wish to sharethe gift of voice with others. These volunteers participate in regulartrainings as part of a national Threshold Choir organization and thentravel in groups of 2-4 to patient bedsides to offer songs of support.

Helping to care for our patients and families is a critical role playedby our volunteers. These positions are some of the most challenging andrewarding volunteer opportunities at Rainbow Hospice and PalliativeCare. Volunteers in Patient Care and Family Support provide in-homeservices to patients currently being served by Rainbow Hospice.

Because of the direct patient and family interaction, all of thesepositions require Patient Care and Family Support volunteers to gothrough specialized Patient Care Training. This process teaches youabout hospice and terminal illness and helps prepare volunteers to interact with and support our patients and families.

Skills & Requirements

Day(s) Needed:

  • Daytime hours during the week/weekend for patient visits
  • Two regular choir practices each month held on Thursdays
Time(s) Needed:Schedules are flexible based on volunteer time.Choir practice is held in the evening beginning at 6:45 PM

Requirements
  • Previous singing experience is NOT required
  • Must have completed Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care Patient Care Training
  • Must be able to attend regular choir practice. We meet on the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month, from 6:45 - 8:30 pm at Ascension Living Resurrection Place, 1001 N Greenwood Ave, Park Ridge, IL 60068, near the intersection of Greenwood and Oakton. We ask prospective singers to attend 4 rehearsals within 3 months.
  • Learn our core songs, get to know us & become familiar with bedside singing.
  • Join Threshold Choir International . . . When you have attended enough rehearsals that you feel Threshold Choir is for you, as you continue your Rainbow volunteer training, it's time to join Threshold Choir International Upon completion of our roster information form, you will receive a "Welcome" email from Threshold Choir International, outlining instructions to become a member of Threshold Choir. For more information, visit the Threshold Choir website at www.thresholdchoir.org.


Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care

Rainbow Hospice is a nonprofit organization serving terminally ill patients and their families in Chicago and surrounding counties. Rainbow Hospice enables people to live with dignity and hope while coping with loss and the end of life. Rainbow Hospice offers extensive bereavement services, including the Good Mourning program for bereaved children, teens and their families as well as a Community Speakers Bureau, the Rainbow Hospice LIFE Institute for Learning and the award winning Rainbow Hospice Ark, an Inpatient Unit.

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