I was online tonight browsing thru a message board I'm a part of and got totally inspiried by an E-friend (you know who you are ;) There are so many opportunities to help out at Tacoma's Marry Bridge Children's Hospital and volunteers are always needed. From arts and crafts with sick children anxiously awaiting an apointment to the littlest of survivors just needing a little hug and rock-a-bye...please review the list below of opportunies to bless a family and child who's just trying to get thru today so they can smile tomorrow! THEN go to the Marry Bridge Children's Hospital webpage and fill out the volunteer application (or click here).
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It is the philosophy of MultiCare Health System’s Volunteer Program that the volunteer experience will be more rewarding when volunteers are given the opportunity to choose an assignment they have an interest in and enjoy. Below is a list of our more popular service descriptions.
Patient Support: Lasso them in- Be a volunteer ambassador. Ambassadors offer way finding assistance to visitors by providing guidance and direction. Volunteers follow a rounding map that to locate visitors who have lost their way and guide them to their destination. Ambassador opportunities are available at a number of different MultiCare locations.
Patient Support: Hospice Hands - Want to have more meaning in your life? Would you like to be involved with something that is satisfying and of great service to your community? Become a Hospice volunteer. Volunteers are needed to serve terminally ill patients and their families. Volunteers support terminally ill patients and their families by providing respite care, companionship, life review, and transportation assistance with errands or chores.
Becoming a hospice volunteer is similar to helping a neighbor in need. No medical experience required, no college degree, we’ll provide the training to help you know what to do and what to say to make all the difference in the world. Will you lend a hand?
Patient Support: To “Serve” with love - For the volunteer who desires a well rounded experience the Adult Day Health Center has it all. The center serves physically challenged, elderly or developmentally disabled adults, by assisting with support services, therapy and activities. Volunteers assist with arts& crafts, recreational activities, educational and therapy sessions, meals and light clerical duties.
Patient Support: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall - Volunteers assist the “Kings and Queens” (Physical Therapist) to put patients back together again. Volunteers are able to assist in a number of different rehabilitation clinics: Sports Medicine, Mary Bridge Physical Therapy Clinic, Mary Bridge Speech & Hearing Clinic and more.
Patient Support: Service with a Smile - MultiCare Health System desires volunteer Customer Service Advocates. As an advocate you will visit with patients and families to inquire how their experience is going. You will be trained in service recovery for those occasional times a patient’s experience was not ideal.
Patient Support: Bleeding Hearts - MultiCare’s Heart Hospital is in need of people with compassionate hearts to be “Tuck In” volunteers. Volunteers make patient rounds between the hours of 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm offering to assist patients getting ready for bed. Volunteers may offer a warm face cloth, provide a tooth brush and toothpaste, bring a patient an extra blanket or other comforts of home.
Patient Support: Hate to sit down? - We have a volunteer opportunity that will keep you moving. MultiCare performs hundreds of surgeries every week and there is a constant need for surgical instruments. Central Services volunteers are trained to rotate “dirty” instruments for “clean” or sterile instruments.
Patient Support: Candy Striper Gone New - Patient assistant volunteers assist in a variety of ways. Volunteers may answer call lights, orient patients to their hospital bed, orient families to the unit, offer beverages, pillows, blankets or movies, assist patients with their meal trays, help to gather supplies for a treatment, help to transport a patient for an x-ray and plethora of other tasks.
Patient Support: Clinic Immersion - Volunteers assigned to a clinic help in numerous ways from taking care of waiting areas and resource materials to placing reminder calls to patients and prepping rooms. More and more health care is moving out of the hospital and into clinics. The role of the volunteers is essential to the patient’s clinic experience. Examples of clinics where volunteers serve include Tacoma Family Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Breast Health and more.
Facility Support: Jack in the bean stock - Can you grow anything? What color is your thumb? Green!! MultiCare has a number of different locations all of which have beautiful plants inside and out. Volunteers are needed to care for our plants and flowers. Volunteers also work together to arrange bouquets that are delivered to patients.
Patient Information: The more the merrier - Do you participate in a local church group, Girl Scout, Boy Scout or other civic group? Perhaps you know of a similar group? We are looking for social groups of 4-10 people to perform monthly collating projects in support of many of our MHS departments. MultiCare has new admission packets and emergency room chart packets that literally need to be collated for thousands of patients each month. Groups may meet during normal business hours as well as evenings or weekends to complete the projects.
Patient Information: Two by Two - Are you and your best friend looking for ways to spend time together without spending all that money? What about you and your spouse or even you and your teenage son or daughter? We are looking for two person teams to cover our Surgery Waiting Room evenings from 5:00-8:00 pm. You can sign up for once a week or every other week. Volunteers in the Surgery Waiting Room greet family members, keep them updated of their loved one’s surgery status, unite the family with the surgeon after the procedure, receive information from recovery nurses to share with the family and share room numbers where families are united with their loved one.
Infant & Child Services: “Bridges” - A Center for Grieving Children ~ offers support groups for families with children ages 4-18 who have either experienced the death of a loved one or have someone in their family who is seriously ill. Support groups include: Parent loss, Sibling loss and Crossings a group for children who have lost a parent or sibling to suicide or homicide. “Discoveries” is a group for children living with someone who is seriously ill. You can serve as a children’s group facilitator, a houseparent who welcomes families and assists with regular potluck dinners, or volunteer to help in the gym or “commotion” room.
Help a grieving child build a bridge back to a world of normalcy.
Infant & Child Services: Play date - The importance of play is recognized and endorsed here at MultiCare. Play helps to minimize the stresses many children feel when they come to the hospital and are admitted or who come to the clinic to see their doctor. We are seeking volunteers to partner with our Child Life Specialist to provide and engage children in room to room age appropriate activities. Our Child Life volunteers organize and support activities in the playroom and bring activities and games to children in the Mary Bridge Out Patient Clinic who are waiting for appointments or procedures. Volunteer and bring a smile and a laugh to a waiting child’s face.
Infant & Child Services: Hush little baby - The role of a volunteer is significant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Volunteers comfort the smallest of babies by patting their backs, reading stories and rocking them to sleep. They may also coordinate matching linens or offer a listening ear to a Mom or Dad.
Entertainers: There’s music in the air - Do you play the piano? We have a piano on the Oncology unit just waiting to be played.
Entertainers: Red nose club - MultiCare is proud to have a Therapeutic Clown Program. People with an interest in clowning are specifically trained on how to “perform” in a healthcare setting. Training is provided; all that is required is a funny bone J
Entertainers: Dog Squad - MultiCare Health System offers animal assisted therapy through highly- trained volunteers and dogs. Dogs must be certified after training with such organizations as Delta or Therapy Dogs INC. The dog will be screened for appropriateness and the volunteer handler goes through the volunteer program.
Gift Shops: Gifts Galore - Help families and friends find the perfect gift to express their love and concern for a hospitalized patient. We have a number of different gift shops that could use your time. Our gift shops carry everything from get well cards to unique one of a kind treasure.
Crafting: “Sew”- A Needle Pulling Thread - If you are good with a needle and thread or know how to knit or crochet we have multiple ways you could lend your skills. From making procedure dolls and personalized pillow cases to knitting blankets and hats you can connect one stitch at a time.
Office Support: Detail Wizard - If you are good at detail, have a knack for organizing, possess basic computer skills and like administrative clerical work you’ll be one of the most highly sought out volunteers in our volunteer program. Boy we can keep you busy!!!
Special Events and Other Volunteer Opportunities
Courage Classic ~ A bicycle tour hosted by Mary Bridge Children's Foundation to benefit the Child Abuse Intervention Department at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center.
Festival of Trees ~ A holiday fundraising extravaganza with multiple fund raising events hosted by the Mary Bridge Children's Foundation which benefit Services at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center.
Sound to Narrows ~ A fundraising event hosted by the MultiCare Health Foundation to benefit stroke programs and services at MultiCare. Participants collect pledges to run.
Volunteer Services is always interested in creating new volunteer opportunities. If you have an idea for a potential volunteer role come see us and we will work with you to explore the possibilities.
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