{"id":4864,"date":"2018-11-12T12:17:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T18:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:41:22","slug":"make-every-day-count-as-a-hospice-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/make-every-day-count-as-a-hospice-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Make every day count as an OSF Hospice volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forty years ago, Bay de Noc Hospice \u2013 now known as OSF Hospice<\/a> \u2013 became the first hospice in the state of Michigan. For every one of those years, volunteers have played a vital role in helping the organization make a special impact on the Upper Peninsula community.<\/p>\n

Those volunteers would tell you they received at least as much as they gave to the patients and families they served.<\/p>\n

Hospice<\/a> is home-based care for people with a terminal illness who have a life expectancy of six months or less. It can be a trying time for patients and their families, so hospice care helps them get the most out of the time they have together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Serving others will change your life<\/h2>\n