Northwest Medical Center views our volunteers as valuable resources to our staff, physicians, patients and our community. We strive to effectively motivate our volunteers and maintain their loyalty by providing them with the necessary skills to enhance their usefulness and personal growth. The Volunteer Services Program recognizes the needs of every individual volunteer and respects the following as reasons for participation in our Program:
- to help people
- to contribute to a cause
- to gain or enhance a sense of self-confidence
- to meet other people and develop friendships
- to share ideas, knowledge, expertise and experiences
- to share, gain or maintain skills or interests
- to gain or maintain a strong connection with our community
- to gain experience that contributes to making education, career or other choices
- to fill in spare time with meaningful activity
- to enhance self-confidence
- to gain information, education or training
- to be an active member of a dedicated team of healthcare workers
The Northwest Medical Center Program currently consists of approximately 130 senior and junior volunteers from our local community.
Many volunteers have received special recognition as a result of their dedication and hard work. Rita Dube was the recipient of the Volunteer Frist Humanitarian Award . This award was created to honor an outstanding volunteer who gives unselfishly in their service to patients in our facility. Just recently as we dealt with the many burdens created by the hurricanes, Rita remained firm in her commitment to helping wherever possible, even to the point of staying at the hospital throughout the night in order to assure her post at the patient information desk the following morning. Volunteers Anne Engle and Sarah Lee Steckler also demonstrated their loyalty during one of the hurricanes by making sure they came in on the Labor Day Holiday to provide services at the patient information desk. Junior volunteer, Alex Nemeth, also assisted in Engineering and Patient Transportation during both hurricanes. Many other volunteer acts of kindness and unselfish giving could be told, and at Northwest Medical Center we all agree that each and every volunteer is a valuable team member that participates in “Sharing the Caring”.
