Events & Happenings
Compassionate Connections:
Good Grief Meals
BURKE COUNTY SERVICE AREA
February 5, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Boulevard Barbeque, 810 S. College St., Morganton, NC
HIGH COUNTRY SERVICE AREA
February 5, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Chili's, 1934 Blowing Rock Rd., Boone, NC
CALDWELL COUNTY SERVICE AREA
February 6, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Mi Carreta, 1146 Hickory Blvd., Lenoir, NC
The Good Grief Meal is sponsored through Ashewood Grief and Counseling Services, grief support services of AMOREM, and is one of many opportunities offered to help individuals of all ages and families cope with the loss of people they love. The Good Grief Meal is a time of fellowship and socialization for individuals who are grieving. AMOREM reserves meeting space and participants are responsible for the cost of their own meal. Locations and times are subject to change. Please verify before attendance. Contact Katie Pekman at kpekman@amoremsupport.org for Burke Service Area, Nichole Annas at nannas@amoremsupport.org for Caldwell Service Area and High Country Service Areas. You may also call 828.754.0101 with any questions.
Adult Volunteer Training
March 4 & 6, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
AMOREM Palliative Care Center
274 Archie Carroll Road, Boone, NC
March 10 & 12, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
McCreary Family Professional Center
526 Pine Mountain Road, Hudson, NC
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? Do you have the compassionate spirit needed to be a companion for someone’s journey? AMOREM is hosting two opportunities for a two-day training session in October for adults who are interested in becoming hospice volunteers.
An array of topics will be covered to help prepare attendees to become successful volunteers. Participants will learn about the strong community history and commitment of AMOREM, the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial issues hospice patients face, and much more from AMOREM's staff of end-of-life care experts.
Currently, there is a need for volunteers to provide companionship to patients in the patient’s homes or long-term-care facilities. Other specific needs include volunteers who can provide transportation to doctors’ appointments and shopping excursions for patients, etc., and veterans to visit and make Veterans Honoring Veterans presentations to patients who are veterans.
Attendance is required at each session and meals will be provided. For more information or to register for the March 2025 adult volunteer training opportunity, contact us at 828.754.0101 or contact Cyndi Akins at cakins@amoremsupport.org.