Well, this week has been an interesting one to say the
least. I continued trying to get my project going with New Beacon Hospice but
was unsuccessful in my attempts. Once I realized that they were probably not
the right partner for me, I began to look into other possible opportunities.
During this time, I came across a wonderful website for an organization called
The Twilight Brigade. I will tell you a little about The Twilight Brigade
although my journey did not end there.
The Twilight Brigade was founded in 1997 to
help raise consciousness about the needs of the
dying, especially Veterans. They accomplish this through providing education to
the community, and advocating for patients to ensure that no person has to die
alone. They have chapters all across the United States, including Birmingham. Turns
out, this was right up the alley of what I was hoping to achieve in working
with a local hospice facility so I contacted the Birmingham area volunteer representative.
The Twilight Brigade did not have anything specifically here in the Birmingham
area right now because there are some changes being made due to the recent death
of the founder of the Birmingham chapter. I was a little disappointed at that
until she said that she had another person that she would put in touch with me
that would probably be a perfect fit.
This leads me into the next step in
my quite productive week. Not even a day later, I receive a phone call from
Libby Jones, Volunteer Coordinator, with Comfort Care Hospice of Pelham. Since
this communication had been made so quickly, I decided to go interview with
Libby after I got off work Friday morning. Libby and I hit things off great, so
a perfect fit might be a slight understatement. Her ideas lined up with the ideas I had for my
project. We tossed around several ideas and I am in the process of researching
these ideas to see what direction I want my project to take.
I hope that you will stay tuned next week to see what direction my project has taken!
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