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Care Partner Volunteer Summary

Care Partner Volunteer Summary CMC Mercy Hospital prioritizes holistic healing as central to its identity As such CMC Mercy offers massages music therapy pet therapy herbal therapy and many other services free of charge to its patients Two nights a week I spoke to new patients and or their families to educate them about CMC Mercy s services and then helped them schedule these services I also spoke to patients who already received treatment in order to gather feedback and better understand the organization s offerings Meaningfulness I began volunteering at CMC Mercy by educating patients about its many services however my knowledge about these services was initially limited to pamphlets Since I had never spent time there as a patient I had a limited understanding of the services most patients asked me about In order to better educate myself future volunteers and patients I began following up with some patients to inquire about their experiences with these services These follow up conversations often developed into something very personal and memorable Patients discussed their hopes and fears with me everything from their childhood to their work life to their families The honesty vulnerability and humility I felt in my conversations with patients contrasted starkly with the conversations I was having while working in corporate America just hours earlier 



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