Volunteer Programs

Hospice

After completing the Heart Touch Training, an individual has the opportunity to become a volunteer with one of our eight hospice partners, helping a person at the end-stage of life by giving the gift of compassionate, caring touch. Graduates are placed with a hospice based on geographic location. The volunteer coordinator at the hospice will assign a client to the volunteer, who commits to seeing the client once a week. Learn more

Children’s Program

Graduates of the Heart Touch Training who complete a minimum of six months of successful service as a hospice volunteer may volunteer in the Children’s Program. An additional two-day training, Infant Massage for Medically Fragile Infants and Children, is required. For those who wish to work in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), our partner hospitals require Certified Infant Massage Instructor certification. Each partner hospital also has a privileging process for a potential volunteer. Learn more

International Outreach Program

The International Outreach Program was initiated in 2007 in response to a request from a Heart Touch volunteer, who felt that HIV/AIDS orphans in her native Thailand would benefit from the work of Heart Touch. More recently Heart Touch volunteers have traveled to Cambodia and India to work with children and adults there. Learn more

Other Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Training Assistant

Graduates of the Heart Touch Training in Compassionate Touch can volunteer to be a training assistant at subsequent trainings. Learn more

Outreach Events

Heart Touch volunteers provide chair massage at events sponsored by our partner hospitals. Learn more