2022 Volunteer Orientation Dates
Wednesdays, from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Volunteers need only attend one of the two training dates.
- March 9th or 23rd
- April 6th or 20th
- May 4th or 18th
- June 8th or 22nd
- July 7th or 20th
- August 3rd or 17th
- September 8th or 21st
- October 5th or 19th
- November 9th or 23rd
- December 7th or 2nd
Upon registration for orientation, a member of our team will reach out with more information.
Pre-Orientation Requirements
- Submit an online application
- Interview with Volunteer Services
- Authorize a background check
- Agree to have a TB screening
- Be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Steps to Volunteer at Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care
Step A
- A desire to support those in our community at end of life.
- Submit an online volunteer application through the PPHPC website
- In-person or phone interview with PPHPC Volunteer Coordinator
- A complete background check through Verified Volunteer (criminal background OIG Exclusion, Dora Licensure check) (minimal cost to volunteer)
Step B
- Attend Volunteer/Staff Orientation- facilitated by PPHPC clinical manager (8-hours)
- Complete initial TB skin test. TB screening thereafter
- Photo for volunteer badge
- Follow-up and review with the volunteer coordinator-focusing on volunteer programs
Step C
- Make a connection
Additional training and/or certification may be required for volunteer programs listed below:
- Touch Therapy: training class
- Friends in Faith: volunteer mentor
- Inpatient Unit: volunteer mentor
- Vigil: training class
- Therapy Dog: annual certification and vaccination
- Outpatient: volunteer mentor
- Administrative, events, other
Lunch & Learn Training Sessions
Volunteers: An Essential Ingredients in Caring for Veteran at the End of Life
A Vet to Vet Café
Lunch and Learn about the Key Issues of LIFE
Please join us for the VIRTUAL 2022 Lunch and Learn about LIFE series. Save the dates so you can tune into innovative and thought-provoking presentations by Jane W. Barton, national speaker, writer, and local Aging Expert working with AARP Colorado.
Please see the below website for cardinal event dates and details.
Individual program announcements are forthcoming. Registration is required. All programs are FREE.
Preparing You to Serve
Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care provides care and support for more than 2,000 hospice patients and their families each year. Your presence — either being with patients and their loved ones directly or working behind the scenes in our offices — can change their experience.
It is an extraordinary commitment, which we meet with one of our own: to provide the training and support you need to feel comfortable and to succeed.
Our volunteer program begins with comprehensive training on what it means to work with the dying, and how we uniquely care for them at Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care. Topics include patient care, communication, family dynamics, the dying process, bereavement, and much more. Volunteers are then mentored in the area where they choose to work. The commitment continues with regular continuing education.