Volunteer orientation will begin at hospital

Hospital volunteers can assist in a variety of ways.

Special to The Vindicator

ALLIANCE — Alliance Community Hospital’s monthly “Ventures in Volunteering” orientation program for incoming volunteers will be Tuesday.

The program will begin at 1 p.m. and last until about 4:30 p.m. This orientation is structured to answer the many questions potential volunteers may have. Participants also learn more about the Planetree concept of care.

“With the holidays behind us, many individuals are searching for something to fill the long days of winter. Volunteering is a great option, and at ACH, we have a service area to complement each volunteer’s skills and abilities,” Volunteer Coordinator Marcy Todd said.

Each month a “Ventures in Volunteering” orientation program takes place at the hospital to introduce potential volunteers to the mechanics of hospital volunteering. For hospital volunteers, it is a mandatory program that covers everything from hospital concepts and patient confidentiality to the benefits associated with volunteering at ACH.

“Whether they are baking cookies, discharging patients, offering Soft Touch hand-rub treatments, assisting patrons in the Gift Shop, preparing rooms in the Wound Care Center, pampering our patients, putting charts together in the Endoscopy unit, or simply holding a patient’s hand, our volunteers take their commitment very seriously and take great pride in the services they provide,” Todd said.

Todd listed assisting with financial projects, conducting pet therapy visits, offering pampering services to the patients and providing research information as some of the other ways ACH volunteers serve hospital patients, visitors and colleagues.

Call the Volunteer Department at (330) 596-7822 or (330) 596-7821 with questions or to make reservations, since reservations for the orientation session are required. Volunteers must be at least age 16.