Veteran-to-Veteran Hospice Volunteers Needed Across Connecticut
Masonicare Offers Unique Opportunity to Serve Fellow Veterans
Masonicare Home Health and Hospice, a respected nonprofit healthcare provider in Connecticut, is seeking veterans to step forward and serve as hospice volunteers in a program that honors and supports those who served our country. With a flexible schedule, free training, and a meaningful mission, this initiative offers veterans the chance to provide camaraderie, comfort, and recognition to fellow veterans in their final journey.
Pamela McCauley, a U.S. Army National Guard veteran and Volunteer Coordinator with Masonicare, is leading this effort to recruit compassionate veterans who want to give back in a unique and impactful way. Masonicare is a Level 4 partner in the nationally recognized We Honor Veterans program, which equips hospice organizations to provide specialized care that addresses the unique needs of veterans at the end of life.
“We are continually seeking veterans to volunteer with veterans in hospice,” said McCauley. “This is a chance to offer more than just companionship—it’s about creating meaningful moments between those who share the bond of service.”
Volunteers offer:
- Camaraderie and social support
- Personalized recognition with a certificate and flag pin
- Opportunities to refer veterans to social workers with VA contacts for potential benefits assistance
Volunteers are never alone in their mission. Masonicare provides free training and ensures that each volunteer’s schedule is as flexible as their availability allows. By partnering a veteran with a veteran, Masonicare creates a special space for trust, dignity, and mutual understanding during a deeply personal time.
Masonicare, founded over a century ago, is known for its comprehensive senior care services across Connecticut, including home health, hospice, skilled nursing, and assisted living. As a nonprofit with a deep commitment to service, it consistently earns high trust ratings from patients and families. The organization’s long-standing emphasis on dignity, integrity, and mission-based care continues to resonate in its veteran volunteer initiative.
Veterans interested in volunteering are encouraged to contact:
Pamela McCauley, CTARNG
Veteran Volunteer Coordinator, Masonicare Home Health and Hospice
Phone: 860-980-2657
Email: pamela.mccauley@masonicare.org
Whether you served in wartime or peace, overseas or stateside, this is a way to stand beside those who served—and to make sure their sacrifice is remembered with the respect and honor they deserve.
I am not a veteran. I am a member of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary. But in 1991, personal loss brought me to a place I never left.
Over two decades later, that loss led me to the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut, where I took on the coordination of Wreaths Across America — which grew into the largest and fastest growing veterans program in the state. I didn’t do it for recognition. I did it for them.
In 2016 I founded the Connecticut Veterans Bulletin. Not because I served, but because I believe those who did deserve to be honored, connected, and kept alive.
Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day. I knew about that number before it became a hashtag. I knew it personally, long before anyone was talking about it.
This publication exists because that number is unacceptable. Because every veteran in Connecticut deserves to know someone gives a damn.
That someone is me.
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