Volunteer Services at Lifespan
"Everybody can be great, because
anybody can serve. You don't
have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to
make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need
a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Greetings from the Manager
by Alene Orcutt, manager of volunteer services
at The Miriam Hospital
On behalf of volunteer services at The Miriam Hospital,
I welcome you. I deeply appreciate the time our volunteers take
from their personal lives and busy schedules to be with us. It is
my hope that they gain as much from their experiences as the families
and patients they serve.
Our volunteers are a talented and generous group of men, women
and students who make a difference in the lives of our patients,
their families, and our staff. Health care volunteers are diverse
in every way. They are multi-cultural and multi-lingual; they are
students, teachers, attorneys, retired professionals, homemakers,
retired health care workers, individuals who are employed in various
professions, clergy, dogs (yes, I said dogs!), performers, engineers
and computer specialists, to name a few. As the manager of volunteer
services for The Miriam Hospital, I am continually reminded of the
critical role volunteers play in the hospital's mission to deliver
high quality patient care.
Each volunteer program is unique. Therefore, the benefits
of volunteering can vary from program to program. Here is a small
sampling of health care volunteer opportunities:
- Greeting and directing visitors and patients
- Being a liaison for patients and families
- Assisting in an emergency room
- Delivering flowers and mail
- Providing business consultative services
- Visiting with patients
- Being a virtual volunteer from your own computer: designing
a web site, database or newsletter
If you are interested in volunteering at The Miriam Hospital, please
e-mail the volunteer office.
| "We cannot always
return an act of kindness to the person who bestowed it, but
we can pay back the debt by helping others."
Anonymous |
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