High Country Health Care System is a non-profit, private, community based, home health care organization that has been in the business of providing home health services to Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties for over 30 years. 

The mission of High Country Health Care System is to provide comprehensive and quality services in the home at a reasonable cost to residents of our service area, to provide health education, to promote healthy living and maintenance of a safe home environment.

Volunteers are a vital part of the hospice program! Volunteers are the glue which holds the hospice program together. All staff of hospice rely heavily on the help and support of volunteers.

You do not have to work with patients to be a volunteer! No matter what your interests are, we have something for you, such as:

• Administrative Volunteers :  Assist the staff with mailings, filing, organizing, maintaining records, answering phones, etc.
• Patient/ Family Volunteers : Provide companionship, read aloud, provide respite for caregivers, or share a special talent (ex. singing or playing an instrument) with patients.
• Bereavement Volunteers : Call, visit, and mail information to the bereaved, assist with grief groups, help with  Camp Sunshine .
• Marketing Volunteers: Put up signs & flyers, help make video and audio recordings, take pictures, help at health fairs
• Fundraising Volunteers: Help sell tickets and merchandise and maintain materials at Hospice displays
• Hospice Council Volunteers : Create, plan and help implement fundraisers, find new ways of promoting Hospice, recruit volunteers
• Speakers Bureau : Educate the community on different aspects of Hospice by speaking to clubs, classes, churches, etc.
• Donate something other than your time!