04/24/2026
To all our inspiring, compassionate, and incredible volunteers, thank you for providing emotional, social, and grief volunteer support!
You have touched our team, our patients, and their families with your kindness, gift of time, and unwavering dedication to serve our community during often difficult and end-of-life moments.
Featured is long-time hospice volunteer of more than 21 years, Johneen Eckardt.
“Volunteers are considered part of the Northern Light Home Care & Hospice team,” says Johneen. “They are highly respected and appreciated as valued contributors to the hospice patient care experience.”
Johneen began volunteering with Home Care & Hospice in 2004, having gone through the end-of-life and hospice care process with a close friend when he was just 40 years old. Having helped support him and his family during those times, she knew how much it meant to do that for others, as well. “I wanted to be there to offer something to hospice patients like my dear friend had been served,” she says. “It is the most life-affirming thing I have ever done! It makes every life experience have more value, including good and bad days.”
Read Johneen's full story and learn about our Feelie Hearts program at https://ow.ly/lBMs50YP9E2.
If you are interested in giving back and would like to become a volunteer, please contact Elizabeth Andersen, patient and volunteer experience manager, at andersene@northernlight.org.
