By signing the ceremonial cooperation agreement and organizing the “Festive Table'' project, on February 28, the organization Hospice LV and Vidzeme Hospital launched a volunteer project in he Chronic Patient Care Department. This is Hospice LV first collaborative project implemented outside of hospitals in the Riga region. Hospiss LV and Vidzeme Hospital, started a volunteering project in the Chronic Care Unit. "This is the first cooperation project of Hospiss LV outside the hospitals of Riga region.
Uģis Muskovs, Chairman of the Board of Vidzeme Hospital, emphasizes: “Every project that helps improve the emotional well-being of our patients is commendable. We are honored to be the first to initiate cooperation with Hospice LV outside the borders of Riga. The goal, of course, is to implement quality and professional cooperation to provide support to both patients and staff, as sometimes emotional involvement is more important in the healing process than physical care.”
“Volunteer work is not just a whim or a sudden impulse to do something good. It is a promise and commitment, even a duty. A duty to the most vulnerable people, to those whom we cannot promise to visit another day, once a week, or once a month. Because by then, the patient might not be there anymore. The volunteer is an admirable person because of their selflessness and the breadth of their heart,” says Ilze Zosule, a member of the Hospice LV board.
Today, on the first day of collaboration, trained volunteers from the organization Hospice LV implemented the “Festive Table”; project in the Chronic Patient Care Department of Vidzeme Hospital. The Hospice LV treat was certainly different from the usual hospital food and truly resembled a festive table, this time honoring patients with sweets and savories from the Cēsis confectionery “Vineta and Alla Kārumlāde”. Patients also appreciated the coffee and ice cream adorned with berries, but what warmed their hearts the most was the attention and relaxed conversations. Vineta and Alla Karumlāde sweet and salty "Old Towns". Patients also appreciated the coffee and ice cream decorated with blueberries, but the most heart-warming things were the attention and the casual conversations.
To join the Valmiera volunteer group, we invite you to fill out the application form here: https://hospiss.lv/pieteikuma-forma/
The “Festive Table in Valmiera” project was financially supported by the Society Integration Foundation from the funds of the Latvian state budget.
