Collaboration and #democracy in action as client casts first ballot
Helping clients and families meet important personal goals is an essential facet of hospice care. On Election Day, volunteers and staff rallied to support clients and family members determined to exercise the right to vote.
In one exceptional case, a client who’d never before voted wanted very much to cast a ballot this year. One of our Hospice volunteers drove the client, with oxygen tank in tow, to the client’s Burlington polling place. Poll workers met the prospective voter and volunteer curbside, got the voter registered and accepted the client’s first-ever ballot on the spot.
We salute this first-time voter, as well as our Hospice social work team — and social worker Ezra Lebowitz in particular — who created this #ElectionDay magic. Ezra laid the groundwork with town clerks and clients, while volunteers transported folks to the polls. Charley MacMartin, Volunteer Services manager, pointed volunteers to those families who needed rides. Collaboration and #democracy in action. #HospiceMonth