Home Who We Are Mission Harp Circle Hospice Care Elder-Speak Lexicon Brochure Contact RNSO Support RNSO Aging Pledge     RNSO volunteer Alice Faye is pictured with Sandra. Sandra is a registered therapy dog with Delta Society www.deltasociety.org		Click Here For Testimonial   Mission       • To bring joy to older adults living in isolation through companionship, unconditional acceptance and the beauty of music   Vision       • No older adult lives in isolation or dies alone   Tools of Our Work       • Pastoral care including prayer, scripture and sacrament • Hospice care, funerals and bereavement support • Harp and voice • Pet therapy • Prayer shawl ministry • Community connection through volunteers • Public speaking and seminars           Humans and animals have been living together for millennia and those relationships have added immeasurably to the quality of human life. Florence Nightingale - writing 150 years ago – about the role of the nurse in facilitating recovery from illness - observed that companion animals have a natural place in the sickroom and could do much to alleviate the loneliness that came with a long convalescence.  William H. Thomas, M.D., What Are Old People For, page 182.       Background Photo - Sarah visited by Lynn and Sandra