Hospice volunteers offer comfort in a time of great need
By Debra Pressey
Sunday October 5, 2008
Robert K. O'Daniell
Carole Matthews, a Carle Hospice volunteer for 4 1/2 years, talks Friday afternoon to people at the registration desk of Camp Healing Heart near Monticello.
URBANA – Carole Matthews once wondered how good she'd be at helping dying people through their last few months of life.
After all, she doesn't knit. She doesn't quilt. How, she wondered, would she ever help them pass the time?
Then she discovered just listening and talking means quite a lot.
"You don't have to do anything great," she said.
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