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Why should I volunteer for Compassion & Choices?

You are the change. You are the movement.

Volunteers aren’t spectators to the movement for fully-informed patient-directed end-of-life care: They lead it.

Whether you’re testifying before lawmakers, tabling at a local event, or simply having an honest conversation with a neighbor, your voice drives the end-of-life options movement forward. Compassion & Choices is here to give you the training, tools, and community to lead with confidence.
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Your journey starts here:

Volunteering with Compassion & Choices isn’t about a single activity or event. It’s a path you build over time, at your own pace.
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Get to know the movement

Learn about our mission, vision, our issues, and the people of the end-of-life care options movement.
Find your why

Help your friends and community

Become an end–of-life care advocate, help others understand the importance of planning their care and provide the tools to make it possible.
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Advocate for better laws

Join the team of grassroot organizers working to change and improve healthcare laws that protect and provide more options for fully informed patient-directed end-of-life care.
Become a champion for care

Bring your expertise

As a professional in the medical and legal fields, you have immense power to improve the end-of-life healthcare system.
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Medical professionals
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I was really grateful when I came across this organization because I myself was looking into end-of-life planning and options. For my five-year ‘cancerversary,’ which is a huge milestone, I decided to use the Compassion & Choices End-of-Life Decisions Guide as a party favor for my guests, which everyone appreciated.

Deltra James
Connecticut-based volunteer advocate and death doula

How volunteers lead the movement

Legislative goals and strategies are unique to each state, and volunteers are at the center of it all. 

  • Contact your lawmakers and become their point of contact with the movement. 
  • Testify at legislative hearings, in person or online. 
  • Speak up at town halls and meet-and-greets. 
  • Participate in Lobby Days. 
  • Start or join a local Action Team.

  • Host a table at a health fair or farmers' market. 
  • Organize an informational event on end-of-life issues and advance care planning at your local library. 
  • Talk with your healthcare providers, faith leader, or spiritual counselor about your end-of-life priorities. 
  • Share the Dementia Values and Priorities Tool [link]. 
  • Help someone start, complete, or update their advance directive.

  • Write a guest editorial or a letter to the editor. 
  • Contribute a guest article to another organization's newsletter. Call in to a radio show discussing healthcare options. 
  • Like, reshare, and comment on Compassion & Choices’ social media. 
  • Correct the record when you see myths about end-of-life care.

  • Become a Compassion & Choices champion. 
  • Lend your voice, your name, and your experience to national media and fundraising campaigns.

Our Compassion Legal team provides expert guidance, case consultation, and opportunities for meaningful pro bono engagement. Whether you’re currently representing a client facing an end-of-life barrier or want to join our national network advancing legal protections in this evolving field—we welcome your partnership.

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Volunteers are the heartbeat of this movement. You are:

  • Ambassadors for the mission to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.
  • Leaders bringing the vision of a society that affirms life and accepts the inevitability of death, embraces expanded options for compassionate dying and empowers everyone to choose end-of-life care that reflects their values, priorities and beliefs to your community.
  • Appreciated.

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