Meet Myra Dorris, LCSW with Visiting Nurse Association
From a very young age, Myra Dorris knew she wanted to help people. After losing her right arm in a horse accident as a child, she...
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Feb 12, 20181 min
VNA Volunteers Share Love with Valentine’s Day Art
For a few years now, Sheila Prusacki, a retired art teacher and now VNA volunteer, has been gathering her art supplies and heading to...
Oct 25, 20172 min
St. Louis University Hospital names VNA of Greater St. Louis Palliative Care Training Site; Partners
(St. Louis, MO)…Saint Louis University Hospital Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship Program, led by Physician, Dr. Oscar Cepeda, has...
May 1, 20171 min
Arts & Crafts for Seniors
Sheila Prusacki, VNA Volunteer, keeps seniors busy with water color arts and crafts. Thank you Sheila for giving back and spreading a...
Mar 28, 20171 min
Q & A with Sheronda Brown
Sheronda Brown, VNA’s Community Outreach Manager, works on creating partnerships and relationships on behalf of VNA. Brown worked in...
Dec 16, 20161 min
VNA Volunteers Spread Holiday Cheer
VNA Craft volunteers were hard at work creating Elf Shoes filled with candy to give to VNA patients to brighten their holiday. Thank you...
Dec 13, 20162 min
Longtime VNA volunteer shares her role helping patients at the end of life
Anne Marie Schwein has volunteered with Visiting Nurse Association for 19 years. She often visits patients on her own to read, chat or...
Dec 13, 20161 min
VNA Supports VOYCE At Their 22nd Annual Caregiver Awards Luncheon
VNA supported VOYCE, a St. Louis nonprofit dedicated to providing quality living for people across the continuum of long-term care, at...
Dec 1, 20161 min
VNA'S Amazing Volunteers - Spotlight On: Ginny Lawton
Ginny Lawton has been volunteering at VNA for the past four years. Ginny was a former marketing consultant for VNA, and after retiring in...
Nov 18, 20161 min
VNA's Amazing Volunteers - Spotlight On: Karen Proffit
Karen Proffitt has volunteered for VNA since October of 2001. For the past 15 years she has donated her time and talent as a bereavement...
Oct 12, 20161 min
VNA's Amazing Volunteers Spotlight On: Helen Rockman
Helen Rockman has volunteered for VNA since 2005. She volunteers at VNA by leading Karaoke singing sessions for our VNA clients at...
Sep 22, 20161 min
VNA's Amazing Volunteers Spotlight On: Bill Busch
Bill Bush, a certified massage therapist, has been volunteering with VNA for over 10 years. He owns his own business but donates his time...
Sep 21, 20162 min
From Volunteer to Friend
Ten years ago, Gerry Gaines was simply looking for a way to knit more. She loved knitting and so, to her, the opportunity to use that joy...
Sep 14, 20161 min
Love on a Leash Volunteer: Ann Spooner
VNA provides pet therapy for our hospice patients through the St. Louis chapter of Love On a Leash. Ann Spooner, RN and her husband, Bob....
Sep 9, 20161 min
VNA's Amazing Volunteers Spotlight On: Clare Foley
Clare Foley has been an administrative volunteer for VNA since 2003. She began working with us as part of the St. Louis Arc program and...
Aug 15, 20161 min
VNA's Amazing Volunteers Spotlight On: Sheila Prusacki
Sheila Prusacki has been volunteering at VNA since 2015. She is a retired art teacher who worked in the Ferguson/Florissant school...
Aug 15, 20161 min
VNA Wellness RNs Participate in Ongoing Training for Biometric Screenings
VNA nurses are continually training on how to best care for their patients. The Wellness nurses recently received training on the ...
Aug 12, 20161 min
A Touching Memorial for a VNA Patient
Caring for people at end of life brings hospice caregivers into contact with a variety of people and stories. At VNA, our staff and...
Jul 22, 20161 min
VNA volunteer crochets prayer blankets to bring comfort to hospice patients
Since 2013, Pam Zeman has been hand crocheting blankets and prayer shawls for hospice patients and family members. As a VNA volunteer for...
Jul 20, 20161 min
Volunteer Spotlight: Amanda Towson
A warm smile that brings comfort to everyone… Amanda has been an administrative volunteer for Visiting Nurse Association since January of...
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