Volunteer From the Comfort of Your Home with VNS Health Cares on MLK Day of Service 2023

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. 

It is also a designated national “day of service” – a time to reflect on Dr. King’s message of improving our society and to volunteer to help our neighbors and our communities.

For MLK Day of Service 2023, January 16th, VNS Health Cares has organized a volunteer activity where VNS Health team members will send greeting cards to some of VNS Health’s most vulnerable patients, members, and clients.

How to Register to Volunteer:

Click here to register by Friday, December 30, 2022. We will contact you to confirm your participation and next steps the week of January 2, 2023.

What You Will Need to Do:

Each volunteer will be asked to complete and mail approximately 10 cards on or around MLK Day of Service. Greeting cards, envelopes, postage and a mailing list will be provided. Volunteers will receive more information, including a short training session and tips for writing messages, the week of January 9, 2023.

This is not a new initiative – VNS Health’s Volunteer Services regularly engages volunteers to write cards to our hospice patients and VNS Health hosted this initiative for the first time in 2021. In 2021, we were able to touch the lives of 2,100 individuals. Our goal for 2023 is to reach 3,000 individuals.

We hope you will join us in this important volunteer activity. With the surprise of your kind sentiments (and maybe some cute illustrations!) in a beautiful card, you can brighten the day of individuals who are elderly, disabled or in fragile health.

If you have any questions, please contact Melissa Henry at [email protected].