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Volunteer Spotlight: Winnie Downes

May 23, 2016 No Comments

Winnie Downes of Sarasota, Florida, used to travel the world giving talks on how to manage change as executive vice president of a consulting firm in New York City that…

Volunteer Spotlight: Wendy Smith

February 12, 2016 No Comments

Wendy Smith RN, MSN discovered hospice her last year of nursing school after responding to a flier asking for hospice volunteers. “I absolutely loved it,” she recalls. “When my patients…

Volunteer Spotlight: Sally Settle

December 10, 2015 No Comments

Inspired by Brittany Maynard’s story in People magazine last year, Sally Settle’s mother, dying of leukemia, considered doing the same thing: relocating to Oregon from her home state of Minnesota in order…

Volunteer Spotlight: Walter Dannhauser

April 2, 2015 No Comments

Walter Dannhauser didn’t endure a tragic family ordeal to motivate his activism. “I just feel that there’s absolutely no reason to force people to go through this agony if they’re…

Volunteer Spotlight: Susan Meister

February 11, 2015 No Comments

California volunteer Susan Meister has a powerful motivator for supporting “The End-of-Life Option Act” in her state. “I’ve been very close to some of the ethical issues that physicians deal…

Volunteer Spotlight: Shoshana Osofsky

October 9, 2014 No Comments

“As a kid I was afraid of death, really afraid,” says New Jersey volunteer Shoshana Osofsky. “I used to be afraid to go to sleep for fear I wouldn’t remember…

Volunteer Spotlight: Stuart Chalfin

March 6, 2014 No Comments

Stuart Chalfin started a Compassion & Choices Philadelphia-area group in 2012 because he felt compelled by the grim news articles about how people die in modern America and the impressions…

Volunteer Spotlight: Revathi A-Davidson

January 8, 2014 No Comments

“When you grow up in India, people just die. They die! It’s okay to die. Here, it seems like such a taboo subject,” says Albuquerque volunteer Revathi A-Davidson. Revathi moved to the…

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