My Life Story Project

Please Note:  Our fall Volunteer Orientation is scheduled for November 6 and November 13 from 9:00a – 1:00p (you must attend both sessions). 

Note: There will be additional volunteer orientation sessions scheduled for early 2025.  Those dates and times have not yet been solidified.   Complete the application process to receive email announcements of upcoming sessions as they are scheduled and accepting registrations.

Everyone's life is an important story, and you can help a hospice patient document theirs and to share with their friends and family.  This is a wonderful tool to assist our patients in reviewing their lives and ensuring their memories will last thru the generations. 

If you enjoy listening to others, have strong writing, editing and basic computer skills you can help patients document their memories/life stories. By guiding the patient through an interview process, documenting their stories, along with accompanying pictures you can help us as our program will bind your work into beautifully designed booklets. Materials and training are provided.

Note: Volunteers are asked to wait one year from the death of a significant personal contact before volunteering.

Volunteers especially needed in Ada, Big Rapids, Caledonia, Fremont, Grandville, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Greenville, Holland, Lowell, Newaygo and Wayland areas. Note: Volunteers are asked to wait one year after the death of a family member or friend before volunteering. Hospice volunteer training provided. Once trained, ongoing in-services are provided for support and skill development.

We offer a flexible Volunteer Orientation program!

This training program format will allow candidates to complete some of the required training thru an on-line program at your convenience and provide additional times and locations for the in-person training component. The goal is to shorten the on-boarding process and add more flexibility in the training process making it easier for interested individuals to join our volunteer program.

The training program consists of two components to be completed after the application process:

The first component is a 5.5 hour on-line training consisting of 15 short educational sessions with competency quizzes.  This component is flexible and can be done in 1 sitting or multiple log-ins within a maximum of 30day time limit to complete. 

The second component is an 8 hour in-person orientation.  These sessions are offered as a classroom style learning experience.  They are scheduled multiple times thru out the year in a range of geographic areas in 1 day (8hrs) option or a 2 day (4hr/day) option.  

The program is designed so that all of the requirements (IGRA TB test, flu shot, fingerprinting etc.) to become an active volunteer are built into the training class and all costs are covered by Spectrum Health Hospice. 

We will work with you to help you join our volunteer program and start supporting patients!  Contact us to receive more information and application instructions. Call Yvonne at (616)391-4240 or toll free at 1-866-542-7945. Email us at: hospice.volunteers@corewellhealth.org  .