| Volunteer Services |
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| Auxiliary |
| Since July 31, 1950, the Auxiliary at Memorial Hospital has been a vital part of
the hospital. Each year Auxiliary Volunteers have given countless
hours of service to the hospital, nursing home, and the community.
They manage the Gift Shop which is available for gifts, flowers, and
cards for your convenience. All proceeds from the Gift Shop are used
to purchase equipment and support patient needs. The "Gray Ladies"
sort and deliver mail to the residents of the nursing home and
hospital patients. They do various tasks such as making copies and
putting together booklets. |
| If you are interested in finding out more
about the Auxiliary or becoming a member you may contact Terri
Twaddle at Memorial Hospital, 217-357-6561. |
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| Volunteens |
| Who can be a VolunTeen? |
| f you are 13 years of age or older you can gain valuable work
experience and exposure to health care professions through the
Memorial Hospital/Hancock County Nursing Home VolunTeen program. |
| Where will I volunteer? |
| You have the choice of volunteering on patient care floors or
assisting with clerical or other behind the scenes departments
throughout the hospital. You'll work side-by-side with nurses,
technicians, therapists, and other health care professionals. You
may choose to work in the nursing home, Radiology, Business Office,
Med/Surg Floor, or in another area of the hospital. |
| What will I do? |
| You may help transport patients, socialize with elderly residents,
deliver flowers, assist with crafts, play music or sing, file, give
information to visitors, and much more! You'll be gaining hands-on
experience with the opportunity to explore a variety of health care
or business careers. You'll also build new friendships with other
volunteers, employees, and patients/residents and their families.
Most important of all - you'll get the satisfaction of knowing
you are helping others and making a real difference! |
| Contact Terri Twaddle, Volunteer Liaison
217-357-3131 ext. 2297 for an application or more information. |
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| How Can A Volunteer Serve? |
| Volunteers can help in many ways and in nearly every department of
the hospital or the nursing home. We have several programs already
available that are listed below: |
- Gift Shop- Volunteers will receive
training by person in charge of Staffing and Training.
- Gray Ladies- Monday thru Friday
10:00 am to ?. Will receive training from person in charge of
staffing and scheduling. Delivers patient and resident mail. Refill
water in patient rooms.
- Birthday Cakes- Third Friday of each
month. The cakes are brought in by Church Groups or other
organizations to serve to residents whose birthday is in that
particular month.
- Lobby Host- Greets patients every
Tuesday, helps them get to where they need to go on the busy clinic
day.
- Retired Teachers- Each Tuesday at
10:00 am members of the Hancock County Retired Teacher Association
share stories, poems, and current events in a group setting.
- Nursing Home- Help with residents,
pets and activities planned for residents. Volunteers from Dallas
City Lions Club and VFW Ladies Auxiliary help sponsor weekly Bingo.
- Clerical- helps with Filing in
business office or ancillary departments.
- Public Relations- Assists with
special projects, floats, parades, health fairs, scrapbooks, etc.
- Wednesday Morning Copiers- Assist
with copying on a weekly basis for hospital and nursing home.
- Other - Volunteers can help in many
other ways, if you have a special interest just ask and we will see
if we can create just the right volunteer job for you.
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| Please Contact Terri Twaddle, Volunteer
Liaison 217-357-3131 ext 2297 for an application or more
information. |
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The physician's (or radiology or pathology, etc.) services at Memorial Hospital are provided by independent practitioners. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, these practitioners are not employees or agents of Memorial Hospital. |
