Hospice Volunteer Opportunity

Hospice of the East Bay serves terminally ill patients and their families in private homes and facilities throughout Contra Costa County. Many of our patients benefit greatly from the gentle and compassionate touch of a massage therapist.

If you would be interested in volunteering a few hours a month to provide comfort to our patients, please contact the Volunteer Department at Hospice of the East Bay at (925) 887-5678. You can make a big difference in someone's life!

Massage Therapist Certification (CMT) required. Thank you!

Allison, I have volunteered for 8 years at Hospice of the East Bay and it has been a great experience.  Hospice is all about improving the quality of life of some may people. It is a fabulous bunch of people at HEB.

I'm new to this forum, and I hope this reaches a broad audience of ABMP members. I wanted to post information about a workshop coming up in April. It's a 14-CEU workshop in Hanover, NH, called “Cancer, Trauma, Presence, Touch,” scheduled for Friday-Sunday, April 10-12. It will take place at The Center for Integrative Health in Hanover (hometown of Dartmouth College).

I will be leading the workshop with Erica Zinter, a psychotherapist who specializes in treating people with trauma histories.

This program will be a wide-ranging exploration of the nature of trauma, including emerging neuroscience regarding trauma and relationship; of how cancer and other life-threatening illness can be seen from the perspective of trauma; of the nature and practice of compassionate presence; and of the ways in which touch can make presence even more powerful. The program includes a three-hour segment on ethics that satisfies half of the ethics requirement for board certification by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. (We are NCBTMB approved providers.)

I am Steve Gordon, a massage therapist at the Center for Integrative Health in Hanover and founder and executive director of The Hand to Heart Project, a nonprofit that has been providing free in-home massage since 2007 to people with advanced cancer. Erica Zinter is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and co-director of the Center for Integrative Health. She specializes in treating complex trauma and has a particular interest in the role of creativity in healing and recovery.

The workshop will run Friday evening, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning. The cost is $280. For more information or to sign up, please contact me at gordons.cornish@gmail.com or (603) 477-4700.