Carrington Health Center Auxiliary Volunteers

TABLE

SCAPES:

THANK YOU

to everyone who participated in "Tablescapes" in any way. There were mega hours invested in this awesome event. It was a wonderful day enjoyed by everyone who attended. Hats off to all the ladies who decorated tables and to the chairpersons and their assistants.

CLICK HERE FOR TABLESCAPES PHOTOS

ARCHIVES:

Taco in a Bag Fundraiser

Volunteer of the Year - 2007: Sharon Puterbaugh

- 2008: Virginia March & Illa Zink

YARD TOUR - 2007

Appreciation Dinner - 2008

Blood Drive - 2009

VOLUNTEERS

Working Together is Rewarding and Fun!

Volunteer Guidelines

Basic Qualifications:

Every CHC volunteer should have these basic qualifications:

Interest, Positive Attitude, Compassion, Dependability,

Discretion, Knowledge, Ability, and Love.

Confidentiality:

Hospital affairs are strictly confidential and must be so regarded by all volunteers as they are by all other staff.

Given the sensitive highly personal nature of health services, CHC has an obligation to ensure that the legal, ethical and moral standards of confidentiality are upheld.

As a volunteer keep this simple code in mind:

What You See Here

What You Hear Here

What You're in Here

Let It Stay Here

When You Leave Here

Volunteer Appreciation:

Volunteers are honored at a special luncheon in April during National Volunteer Week. This is the Health Center's way of saying "Thank You" and "We Sincerely Appreciate All You Do!"

Volunteer Positions:

Courtesy Cart: These volunteers pass the refreshment cart to acute care patients. They serve coffee, juice, snack and magazines.

Gift Shop: These volunteers work in the Happy Heart Hutch from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. each afternoon. The profits go toward leadership awards and health care equipment for patients/residents.

Driving for Blood: This volunteer drives to Jamestown to pick up or deliver blood to the bus stop. These are called usually on a short notice.

Lifeline: This volunteer places the Lifeline unit within the home of a client who has requested Lifeline.

Swing Bed Visitation: This volunteer visits with the swing bed patients - may read to them, play cards or whatever the patient chooses to do.

Short Term Commitments: These volunteers help register and serve lunch at blood drives and health fairs. They help with seasonal decorating, sit at the fair booth, and help with various fund raisers.

Beauty Shop: These volunteers are available Friday mornings to do manicures and fix hair.

Bingo: These volunteers come Thursday afternoons and assist the residents with Bingo.

Song Fests: These volunteers come afternoons for approximately 1-2 hours and provide entertainment for the residents.

Hospice: Some individuals find many rewards being a hospice volunteer. Volunteers are assigned to assist Hospice patients and their families on an individual basis. Training is required.

These are only some of the volunteer services we provide. If you have another interest please call Dorothy Fenske, Volunteer Director, and we can pursue another service.

Art Print Sale

Monday/Tuesday

August 23 & 24

As most of you know, this sale brings in a wonderful collection of art prints to Carrington. The prints will fill the south lobby by the gift shop at the Carrington Health Center. There will be many frame and matte options and many artists and various sizes of prints to choose from. Don't miss this chance to find the perfect print for that special spot in your home!

NEWS

DONATIONS...

Take a look at a list of some recent items that the Auxiliary has donated to the hospital:

~2 Pictures in the admitting area

~Plants for flower beds

~4 Recliners for acute care

~Lab software

~Trays for ER

~Television for doctors' lounge

~$588.70 to Hospice from Valentine cookies

~ Spot vital signs device and Blood pressure stand for Holy Family Villa

Many thanks to all of our volunteers who helped make this possible.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

-Kahlil Gibran-