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Ward Services: Duties include feeding patients, assist with transporting patients,
passing out drinking water and assisting the staff with ancillary duties.
Clerical Duties: Filing, typing, answering phones and errand services are provided to various
offices and clinic areas throughtout the Medical Center.
Patient Visitor Volunteer: Patients are visited throughout their hospital
stay by visiting volunteers who also assist with hospital unit orientation, listening to patients'
concerns and requests by reporting patient needs to nursing staff ensuring patients'
full comfort.
Greeters Program: An information desk to provide the patients, visitors
with guided information about the various locations in the Medical Center.
Resource Cart Volunteer: Hygiene items, reading material, slippers, undergarments,
socks, beauty hair products and recreational comfort items are delivered to the bedside of the patient by volunteers.
Clinic Volunteers: Office duties, computer data entry and other clerical
duties are provided in the outpatient clinics to support nursing and medical staff.
A Patient Crisis Fund is available through donations and is used to meet patients' non-medical financial crisis.
All requests for funds are determined by the Medical Social Work Staff.
Holiday Celebration for Hospitalized Patients provides donated holiday
gifts to all in-house patients. Approximately 600 patients receive gifts.
Holiday Celebration for Hospitalized Patients' Families is a unique holiday program. Through their social
worker, a patient with children may request gifts, food and clothing for their children.
Book and Magazine Service: Donated reading material are made available
for all patient areas, as well as clinics waiting areas.
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