In this episode I speak with Christopher Cherney. Christopher grew up outside of Detroit. Halfway through his undergraduate years as a Biochemistry major at Harvard University, he spent almost a year in Nepal, mostly near Kathmandu. At age 29, while training to be a hospice volunteer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he visited a nursing home. Immediately he knew he had found his vocation. Today, 30 years later, he remains in the nursing home field. He has been a licensed nursing home administrator for 27 years. In January 2024, upon the intercession of St. Damien of Hawaii, he founded a nonprofit organization, Conscious Touch Teams. This November, Conscious Touch Teams will conduct its first volunteer training in Oakland. Volunteer teams will be trained to provide supportive, nurturing touch to nursing home residents.