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Press Releases
| VNA Volunteer Receives National Volunteer of the Year Award |
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06/08/10
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VNA of Care New England is honored to announce that Hospice volunteer Christine Knott was awarded the Volunteer of the Year - Individual Care Provider award by the Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) during their Annual Meeting Award Luncheon on April 22, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. VNAA is a national trade association that supports, promotes and advocates for community-based, nonprofit home health and hospice providers that care for all individuals regardless of complexity of condition or ability to pay. Christine was selected from numerous nominations submitted by visiting nurse agencies from all over the United States.
Christine Knott has been a hospice volunteer at VNA of Care New England for 18 years where she has served hundreds of patients and their families. Christine’s limitless commitment to her patients, their families and friends and to the hospice program has made her a role model for other volunteers, staff and the community at large. "Christine's philosophy is that the greatest gift one can offer is the gift of one's self...The endless praise we hear from families about Christine, the love and respect we see in their eyes for her and the difference she has made in the end-of-life journey for hundreds of families through the years simply cannot be measured," says President and CEO of VNA of Care New England, Nancy Roberts.
Christine Knott’s extraordinary passion as a volunteer has had profound affects on the lives she has touched. VNA of Care New England is honored to have her as a hospice volunteer and proud that Christine was selected to receive the VNAA Volunteer of the Year Award.
VNA of Care New England is a non-profit, Medicare-certified home health care agency that provides skilled nursing, rehabilitative services, hospice and private duty home care in communities across Rhode Island. Our highly skilled staff includes nurses, therapists, nursing aides, and social workers. In addition, we provide flu and pneumonia clinics, bereavement support, and wellness clinics in a variety of locations around the state. |
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