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Thursday, December 14, 2017
As reported by Volunteer Wisconsin
Agrace Hospice& Pallative Care is fortunate to have a Volunteer Rock Star like Jane Moorman. Jane has dedicated more than 1,000 hours over 10 years as a volunteer with Agrace! Lacey Struensee, volunteer coordinator at Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care in Madison, wanted to recognize Jane’s continued hard work and efforts at the organization. Struensee noted, “The families and patients she visits with all have good feedback, and often request her again when additional needs arise. Staff who interact with Jane all report that she is pleasant and kind. She is willing to help out any way she can. She also provides detailed updates on her patient visits for the staff, which they find very helpful.”
Moorman consistenly donates six to 10 hours a week at Agrace, helping out with anything they may ask of her. She visits with one patient on a regular basis. In addition, Lacey Struensee remarked that Jane, “also helps with urgent needs, one-time requests, and night-time vigil requests.” But that’s not all! Struensee added, “Jane also volunteers weekly at the Boys and Girls Club and Oakwood Village Senior Living. I have known Jane for the past two years and have greatly enjoyed working with her.”
Volunteer Coordinator Lacey Struensee boasted, “Jane should be recognized as a Volunteer Rock Star because she is dedicated to visiting her regular patient, even when the patient has moved to a facility 30 minutes away from their home, and she is often able to help out on short notice. I’ve called Jane to ask her to pick up prescriptions for a patient on the very same day, as well as having called her to get groceries for patients, help with yard work, and sit four hour long vigils with actively dying patients. She is a giving person, and Agrace is not the only organization with which she volunteers!”
Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. is a nonprofit, community-based health care agency who provides hospice and palliative care services in private homes, and in skilled nursing, assisted living and other community residential facilities across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Agrace’s offices are located in Madison, Janesville and Baraboo, Wisconsin; and in Rockford, Illinois. Their mission is to partner with patients and families to improve quality of life throughout serious illness. For nearly 40 years, Agrace has been an innovator and leader in both caring for patients and their families, and in educating others about death, dying and grief. For more information, visit agrace.org.
If you know of a volunteer who should be recognized for their commitment to your organization/cause, nominate them for Volunteer Wisconsin’s Volunteer Rock Star. Every two weeks, a Volunteer Rock Star will be chosen. Their profile (information provided on the nomination form) and picture will be displayed on both the Volunteer Wisconsin website and Volunteer Wisconsin Facebook page. Please send a picture of the volunteer for their profile picture as a .jpg or a .png to holbrook.natalie@marshfieldclinic.org. A volunteer can only be nominated by the same organization once a year.
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