A training program for hospice program volunteers will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and repeated Jan. 30 at the same times in conference room A of St. Francis Medical Center.

The training is for a new hospice program sponsored by the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri and the medical center. The program will provide home care to the terminally ill and support for their families.

Volunteers are needed to help with clerical duties and other support activities. For information about the program or to volunteer call Jo Clayton-Dodd at St. Francis, 335-1251.