While you have a thing it can be taken from you . . .
but when you give it, you have given it.
No robber can take it away from you.
It is yours then forever when you have given it.
It will be yours always.
That is to give.

James Joyce

A Hospice Volunteer

	Is a special and necessary member of the Hospice Team
	Is caring, open, and accepting of life
	Understands the challenges that face families and patients when confronted with a life-limiting illness.
	Affirms life not just by speaking but by doing
	Learns new interpersonal skills
	Makes possible what was once impossible
	Knows integrity means keeping promises to ourselves as well as others
	Gives back to life what was given to them
	Enriches their own life by enriching the lives of others