Volunteer Spotlight: ElderFriend Program Is ‘Energizing’
Lebanon — L ast fall, David Karvonen had a series of surgeries, including one to fix a problem with his hip: An operation decades ago had left him in “ferocious pain.” “I went through so much hell” having all that surgery, the 77-year-old White River Junction resident said. But Dan Moriarty, a volunteer with ElderFriend, a new program at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, helped him endure. “He and I talked things over,” and Moriarty...
Women and Business: Gift Shop at DHMC Has a New Name, but Same Mission
Changes are coming to Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center’s “Pink Smock” gift shop, which was started in the old hospital in Hanover in 1971, expanded at the Lebanon location and soon will include a website for easy ordering and delivery. The nonprofit shop, a program of the medical center’s volunteer services department, is staffed by more than 60 volunteer cashiers and buyers, many of them women, who are involved in “shared...
Report: Millennials Shun Workplace Charity
We know that millennials are different. They’re not working the same way as their parents. They aren’t marrying in the same way. And they aren’t motivated by work to give to charity or volunteer. But that doesn’t mean they’re more selfish than their parents, according to a new report. While previous generations may have been motivated to volunteer or donate by their companies, millennials are much more likely to be influenced by their...
