VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of St. Louis, Missouri is hosting three opportunities to be trained as a hospice volunteer. The free orientation classes will take place on May 16 from 1 to 5 p.m., May 17 from 8 a.m. to noon and May 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the VITAS Office, 1801 Park 270 Drive, Suite 150, St. Louis, Missouri, 63146. Training materials and meals are provided for free.
VITAS needs volunteers to serve in the following areas: spiritual care volunteers to comfort patients at the end of life, Memory Bear volunteers to sew stuffed teddy bears, relief care volunteers to allow caregivers to run errands, Paw Pal volunteers – well-behaved pets and their owners – to visit patients and provide unconditional love, musical and visual artist volunteers to play a musical instrument, sing, or help a patient paint a picture; vigil volunteers to provide support during the active end-of-life phase.
 Pre-registration is required. To reserve your space, call VITAS Volunteer Services Manager Angela O’Hara at 314-682-3434 or email Angela.Ohara@vitas.com. For additional information about VITAS, visit www.VITAS.com.