2018 Warsaw Volunteer of the Year Penny Cripe with staff members from the Warsaw Hospice team.

WARSAW — Great Lakes Caring Hospice recently recognized Penny Cripe as the 2018 Volunteer of the Year representing their Warsaw, South Bend and Kokomo branches

Penny Cripe

Warsaw’s Volunteer Coordinator Patricia Fortier shared that Cripe is dedicated to Great Lakes Caring Hospice. “She helps in so many ways – By Your Side presence at the bedside, pet therapy, sewing aprons and making special blankets for Veterans,” Fortier said. “She also helps with Tea to Remember events, the Holding Hands Forever photo program and anything else that is needed.”

Cripe has donated over 700 volunteer hours to Great Lakes Caring Hospice since July 2017.

“Great Lakes Caring Hospice volunteers are compassionate individuals who dedicate their time to enhance the lives of others,” shared Becky Matthews, Vice President of Hospice at Great Lakes Caring. “Our 2018 Volunteer of the Year awards recognize an outstanding volunteer in each Great Lakes Caring Hospice branch during National Volunteer Week. It is one of the ways we say ‘thank you’ for all of the valuable work our volunteers do to assist hospice patients and their families.”

Every year, Great Lakes Caring Hospice recognizes a Volunteer of the Year from each of its locations across the country. Our Volunteer Coordinators, with the assistance of other volunteers and employees in their branch, recognize the chosen volunteer with a certificate presentation and other Volunteer Appreciation activities and celebrations during National Volunteer Week.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities with Great Lakes Caring Hospice, visit GreatLakesCaring.com/volunteer.