Hello and welcome!
Samaritan is a not-for-profit, independent, non-sectarian agency caring for people in our community with serious-progressive illness without regard for their ability to pay. Volunteers are the cornerstone of Samaritan and play an integral role in the services provided to our patients, families, and clients.
Whatever your time availability or your special interests, Samaritan welcomes your interest in becoming a volunteer.
Thank you for considering Samaritan!
Support our Mount Laurel office staff weekly or bi-weekly for 2-4 hours with data entry, copying, filing, preparing information packets and training materials, making donor thank you calls, and other duties normally performed in an office setting. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30a-4:30p
Make 10-15 calls monthly from your own home to bereaved families who lost a loved one on Samaritan's services to check in and offer Samaritan's support. This is not a counseling role.
If you are a skilled sewer, we welcome you to make special memory bears from patients' clothing as a keepsake for their loved ones. We will provide you with a pattern and ask you for a sample bear prior to becoming an active bear maker.
You must be able to pick up material from and drop bear(s) to our office, 3906 Church Rd., Mount Laurel. We cannot deliver, pick up, nor use mail services.
Turnaround time from material pick up to bear delivery is 6-8 weeks.
Thank you for considering Samaritan!
Do you like to crochet, knit, sew, quilt? Our patients greatly appreciate lap blankets, prayer shawls, food protectors, fidget mats or squares for dementia patients, corsages and blankets for Nightingale ceremonies, veteran's blankets, and general crafts. Thank you!
Support Samaritan's annual Giving Thanks, Preserving Memories Thanksgiving event that provides meals, sides, and other goodies to 100+ hospice patients and their families to allow them more time together rather than worrying about cooking.
You can help by making small decorations or centerpieces to brighten their holiday table. Make as few or as many as you'd like. Consider pine cone, hand, or paper bag turkeys, paper plate or other type wreaths, cork pumpkins, etc. See Pinterest for Ideas.
Due by November 13, 2023 to Samaritan Volunteer Dept., 3906 Church Rd., Mount Laurel, NJ, 08054.
Thank you!
Support Samaritan's annual Giving Thanks, Preserving Memories Thanksgiving event that provides meals, sides, and other goodies to 100+ hospice patients and their families to allow them more time together rather than worrying about cooking.
You can help by sewing Table Runners or Placemats to brighten their holiday table. Make as few or as many as you'd like. FALL patterns, please. NO Halloween or Christmas.
Due by November 13, 2023 to Samaritan Volunteer Dept., 3906 Church Rd., Mount Laurel, NJ, 08054.
Have meaningful conversations weekly with adults on Samaritan's HomeVisit Physicians and Palliative Medicine programs who are feeling socially isolated or lonely by sharing hobbies and interests. A Call Hub is used to respect privacy and confidentiality.
Samaritan patients and families can benefit from a variety of special projects. Any individual or group wanting/needing service hours or to support Samaritan through a special project, please check out our ideas: Fun Service Projects
Brighten someone's day with your time and meaningful conversation by making visits to adults on Samaritan's HomeVisit Physicians and Palliative Medicine programs who are feeling socially isolated or lonely. Meet at their home, out for coffee, lunch, etc. Friendly Calls may be required prior to making visits to establish a relationship.
Gala Committee members help plan and coordinate activities for this annual fundraising event. Responsibilities include attending meetings, attending and supporting the event, and assisting with fundraising efforts. This committee is active from September to February and the time commitment varies according to the activity. Our Development team and their staff will contact you to get involved.
Samaritan's annual Golf event is always the last Monday in June at Little Mill Country Club, Marlton. Golf Committee members help plan and coordinate activities for this annual fundraising event including attending meetings, attending and supporting the event, and assisting with fundraising efforts. This committee is active from February to June and the time commitment varies according to the activity. Our Development team and their staff will contact you to get involved.
Represent Samaritan at the welcome desk at our inpatient center. Greet guests and families visiting their loved ones and escort as needed, answer and direct phone calls.
Must be 17+ years old.
Fall 2010 – Global Partners in Care helped connect US hospices with hospices in low-resource settings.Samaritan realized it’s global mission of caring for our world by partnering with Kawempe Home Care (KHC) in Kampala, Uganda. Our sister hospice provides holistic care and supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS, TB, cancer, and other life-limiting illnesses. The goal is to identify cases of HIV/Aids and TB as early as possible, and to educate their youth, to stop transmission.
Samaritan supports their mission to provide medical support to the most disadvantaged including vulnerable and orphaned children through education, resources, and direct support of one of their entrepreneurial program called Beads for Education. Education is not free – families must pay out of pocket, which is difficult as Kampala is one of the poorest areas.
Community members make jewelry from recycled paper, and other fabric goods that we help re-sell.100% of the proceeds go back to the crafters as income and to pay their children's tuition to school.
Opportunities are flexible and varied:
Sell bead jewelry and other sewn goods like safari animals, laptop bags, purses, pouches, and more to friends, family, and at community events.
Participate in monthly Zoom calls
Join a Committee: Children’s Services, Beads for Education, Community/Outreach, Grants/Fundraising
Spread the word
Sponsor a child’s education
Share the gift of music with patients and their friends living in nursing homes and assisted living communities through performance and musical interaction weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.
You must be comfortable performing for groups and individuals and be able to supply your own instrument(s), if applicable.
Visit hospice patients once a week for approximately 2-4 hours in their own homes or long-term care communities.
Provide caregiver relief and encouragement and patients a caring presence and companionship. Engage in activities like watching tv, listening to music, sharing stories, reading, playing games, running light errands, preparing light meals. No hands on care provided by the volunteer.
Visit hospice patients who are veterans once a week for about 2 hours in their own home or long-term care community. Share military histories and stories, assist in obtaining lost medals, attend/support veteran recognition ceremonies.
Visit hospice patients weekly or bi-weekly in long-term care communities and private homes with your already-certified pet therapy dog. Samaritan does not provide the animal or pet therapy certification.
Proof and maintenance of licensing certification, evidence of professional insurance, rabies vaccination and annual veterinary visits required.
For teens 14+ years old who want an ongoing volunteer opportunity. Activities held monthly and include crafts, game socials at long-term care communities/senior centers, support Samaritan annual events, volunteer fairs, and more! NO MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS!
Brighten someone's day with your time and meaningful conversation by making visits to adults on Samaritan's HomeVisit Physicians and Palliative Medicine programs who are feeling socially isolated or lonely. Meet at their home, out for coffee, lunch, etc. Friendly Calls may be required prior to making visits to establish a relationship.
Perform duties normally associated with retail. Accept, sort, and tag donations, maintain store merchandise and cleanliness, assist customers, process sales transactions. Shifts are flexible and generally 2-4 hours. Schedule is coordinated through the store manager. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11a-3p and Saturday, 11a-5p
Must be 17+ years old.
