Volunteers visit in patients’ homes, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, as well as the Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction.

Example of Activities:

• Companionship
• Respite care
• Transportation and shopping
• Meal Preparation
• Reading and letter writing
• Recording life stories
• Light housekeeping
• Yard work and gardening
• Playing music
• Supporting veterans

HopeWest has three Heirlooms stores: Grand Junction, Delta and Montrose. Volunteers are the primary personnel for these stores.

Volunteers are needed for:

• Greeting customers
• Helping Shoppers
• Sorting Items
• Cashiering
• Pricing
• Display & Merchandising
• Repurposing items

Characteristics of Heirlooms Volunteers:

• Love to shop
• Love to decorate
• Creative and crafty
• Love working with people
• Physically able to be on their feet for 2-4 hour shifts

Visit the Heirlooms for Hospice website →

PACE stands for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. It is a Medicaid/Medicare program that provides all health care needs to individuals who meet the criteria for PACE. PACE participants will be 55 and over, meet the level of care of a nursing home, and be living safely in the community. The goal of PACE is to help individuals live and stay in their homes and communities through comprehensive care coordination.

We have three volunteer positions we are looking for currently:
• Day Center Social/Float Support: Support participants in the Day Center. This may include assisting with activities, serving meals, spending time with participants, etc.

• Day Center Companion: Meet our potential participants on their first day at the Day Center and accompany them throughout the day and make them feel welcome.

• Volunteer Van Companion: Support our transportation department with participants having a companion to talk to while being transported to and from the Day Center.

HopeWest teen volunteers have a variety of ways to help. Teens must be at least 13 years old.

• Special events
• Administration and office
• Tanglewood
• Beauty Queens
• Life Story (must be 16 years old)
• Assist with Equine program
• Help with Itty Bitty Day Camp and Camp Good Grief
• Babysitting during grief group meetings
• Playing piano at Care Center

Volunteers who support patients and families through their professional services, including:

• Hairstyling and barber services
• Massage Therapy
• Acupuncture
• Public Notary 
• Certified Therapy Dogs
• Nurses
• Dietician
• Music Therapy

Special Project Volunteers are used for periodic assignments. We have two memorial services each year. Volunteers assist with the set-up, program, serve as greeters, and provide refreshments.

Cakes are baked for patients’ birthdays and anniversaries. Memory bears and pillows are sewed from garments of loved ones for family members. Baked and cooked foods are needed for volunteer trainings, memorial services, support groups and lunches during the Gala set-up.

Characteristics of Special Project Volunteers:

• Prefer flexible work
• Able to sew
• Physically capable of assisting with set up of events
• Like to bake and cook

HopeWest has a number of special events. We have 5 annual galas – one in each office and a fashion show supporting HopeWest Kids. In addition, Montrose has an annual golf tournament.

Volunteers are needed for creation of props and decorations, as well as event set up and manning of various duties at the event.  If you are creative or enjoy a party, you will love being a part of this dedicated group.

Characteristics of Special Event Volunteers:

• Creative
• Physically able to move supplies and props
• Enjoy being part of the event logistics

Administrative Volunteers work at the reception desk. Patient support volunteers work with the care team to help respond to call lights, deliver patients’ meals, stock supplies, laundry collection /storage, visit with patients and families, and walk patients’ visiting pets.

Hands-on volunteers are specifically trained to assist staff with patients that have greater needs and require two-person assistance with walking, bathing or toileting

Characteristics of HopeWest Ferris Care Center volunteers:

• Friendly and welcoming personality
• Love to make patients and families feel comfortable
• Enjoy visiting with patients and providing support to families

The HopeWest Volunteer Vigil Care Program was created to comfort and support hospice patients who are in their final hours of life and have no family or friends present. Vigil care volunteers are highly-trained patient care volunteers who provide a reassuring presence at the bedside to dying patients.

We are dedicated to making every minute of life as comfortable as possible and ensuring that no one has to die alone. Our goal is to provide vigil volunteers 24-hours a day, seven days a week to sit with patients who are dying.