Hospices celebrated National Volunteer Week 2025: "Celebrate Service"
Hospices celebrated National Volunteer Week 2025: "Celebrate Service"
Hospice & Palliative Care Today; compiled by Joy Berger, editor in chief; 4/26/25
Hospices throughout the nation celebrated this year's National Volunteer Week, April 20-26. The 2025 theme has been "Celebrate Service ... to shine a light on the people and causes that inspire us to serve." The links below reflect a few ways that hospice organizations used this national observance to celebrate services provided by our valued palliative, hospice, and bereavement volunteers.
- National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) - Ahead of National Volunteer Week and in celebration of National Volunteer Month, NPHI CEO urges Americans: “Step forward. Be present. Volunteer with your local hospice.”
- Information, resources and national Calls to Action for hospice organizations to recognize their volunteers
- Big Bend Hospice, Tallahassee, FL: The Heart of Hospice: Honoring Our Volunteers’ Impact in 2024
- Great use of 2024 data categorizes types of volunteer services, number of times provided, number of volunteers, hours, and miles travelled, local news coverage
- Heartland Hospice, Eau Claire, WI: Hospice care volunteers honored during National Volunteer Week
- Quotes from volunteers of their experiences "encouraging the community to get involved," with overall goals for National Volunteer Week, local news coverage
- HomeCare & Hospice celebrates volunteers during National Volunteer Week, Batvia, NY
- Honoring several individuals' "Volunteer Milestones" in service hours, local news coverage
- Hospice of Northeast Missouri celebrates the work of its volunteers, Kirksville, MO
- Volunteer party, prizes, local news coverage
- Hospice of the Panhandle honors local volunteers, Kearneysville, WV
- Luncheon, volunteer service awards including "Volunteer of the Year," local news coverage
- Montage Health (with hospice care), Monterey County dog therapy program brings joy to patients and staff
- Local news recognizes National Volunteer Week by highlighting their healthcare/hospice's dog therapy program
- Red Willow Hospice, Santa Fe, NM: Celebrate hospice volunteers as we mark service
- Beautiful descriptions of patient care roles and tasks, with phrase "a heart with ears," via local news coverage
- VNA Hospice NWI celebrates some of its most dedicated volunteers at Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, Valparaiso, IN
- Brunch and milestone volunteer awards
- Inclusion of community volunteer organizations with whom they partner, i.e., the Medical Guardian Help Button Program, the We Honor Veterans program, the Phoenix Center for Grief, and VNA Meals on Wheels of Porter County
Editor's note: Ongoing, mark dates on your calendars from our national "Healthcare Observances" page, under our website's "Resources" tab. Coming, May is National Nurses Month with May 6-12 as National Nurses Week. Explore more.