Volunteers?

Audry and the rest of the family have recieved a lot of questions from everyone on how you can help out. Here are a few things that we've thought of that you can do to help:

1. Get the word out - forward this blog on to friends and family of the Sciglianos to keep them up to date on Joe's progress in order to help eliminate phone calls.
2. Meals - offering to bring a meal would be appreciated. Best drop off locations would be Mark/Shari's or Jill/Dan's. Call Shari or Jill to coordinate. (see phone number below). Enough food for 10 would be great.
3. Snow removal - as winter storms approach we could us help clearing driveways and sidewalks, particularly Joe/Audry's and Josephine's.
4. Babysitters - we could use a list of people to call if we need babysitters in order to make visits to the hospital.
5. Gift cards - Audry could use gift cards to Hy-Vee, Walgreen's, Kum & Go or Walmart instead of flowers/plants or other gifts. Joe should not receive flowers/plants as they can carry bacteria. GCs can help to allow others to run errands for groceries, prescriptions, etc.
6. Cards and Letters: Joe can receive mail at the hospital at the following address or send home:
Joe Scigliano/Room 374
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
1200 Pleasant Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-1453
7. Prayers, prayers and more prayers! Special intentions at mass.
8. If visiting or talking to Joe try to keep it positive and not ask a lot of questions about health status - this tires him out.
9. Email addresses - I could use a volunteer to help gather an email list of friends and family members so I can create one list to send special messages to, or coordinate activities for volunteers, etc. You can also email me at sscigliano@iowasolutions.com with your email addresses.
10. Errands - volunteers to run errands.

If there are any other ways you'd like to help, or you are willing to help with above items, call Shari at 779-4549 or Jill at 556-9770 and we'll put you on a list. Thanks so much :-)