Hospice Volunteer Honored at Annual Banquet

April 14, 2009

Dale Karre, volunteer for Valley County Hospice, was honored as Ord’s outstanding volunteer at the Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Partnership's (NHPCP) annual awards banquet on April 8th in Lincoln. The banquet was part of the 2009 conference, “Living a Good Life…at the End of Life.” Each Hospice program in the state can nominate an outstanding volunteer to be recognized and honored at the banquet.

Dale and his late wife, Shirley, began as Hospice volunteers in Ord when it was still a satellite program of Good Samaritan Hospice. Dale has continued volunteering with Valley County’s Hospice program, which began in the fall of 2006. Dale brings compassion, caring and a special understanding to the Hospice patients and their families.

Picture: NHPCP’s Education and Outreach Worker, Jennifer Eurek (left) and NHPCP
Executive Director, Pat Snyder (right) present Dale Karre with a certificate honoring him as Valley County Hospice’s outstanding volunteer.