Concord Regional VNA is seeking volunteers to offer companionship and support to hospice patients. The next eight-week training session starts on Aug. 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Concord Regional VNA Hospice House, 240 Pleasant St., in Concord. Hospice volunteers assist with: providing companionship to hospice patients; reading to hospice patients; holding a hand and lending a listening ear; running errands for hospice patients; cooking meals at the Hospice House; providing pet therapy, music therapy, and therapeutic arts; giving Reiki, massage, or therapeutic touch; assisting staff with office work (e.g. filings, mailings); facilitating grief support groups; and connecting as a veteran volunteer with patients who are also veterans. Please call 224-4093 or (800) 924-8620, ext. 2826, or email lisa.challender@crvna.org by Aug. 11.
Spaulding Youth Center will be hosting the Foster and Adoption Care Essentials series on their campus beginning Tuesday. Offered by the Granite State College Education and Training Partnership, the series is free and open to the public. Anyone who may be interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent can register online for one module or the whole series by visiting granite.edu/schedule/faces.
Central Square will be the location for the fourth Annual Making It In Bristol event sponsored by the Bristol Historical Society on Aug. 5. About 20 businesses will display and sell their products. There will be photographers, woodworkers, artists, crafters and more. The event will begin at 9 a.m. and go until 2 p.m.