Be a Volunteer at GSHCS

Volunteering helps you feel good about yourself and your community. It offers you the opportunity to help others, make new friends, and give back to your community. Good Shepherd Health Care System depends on volunteers to assist our patients, their families, and GSHCS staff. Volunteer hours represent gifts of kindness, compassion, and talent.

Our Volunteer Department consists of three separate groups of volunteers:

Auxiliary Members: each year, over 80 members of the Good Shepherd Medical Center Auxiliary provide valuable services to many areas of GSHCS. Some of those services include:

Escorting Services

Gift Shop

ER/Front Lobby Receptionist

Day Surgery Receptionist

Education Department Receptionist/Assistant

Clerical

GSHCS Tours

Video Cart

Health Fairs

Thrift Shop

Fundraising

Hospice Volunteers: Vange John Memorial Hospice has over 30 volunteers providing services for our clients, their families, and the surrounding community through:

Respite Care

Bereavement Support

Clerical/Administrative

Fundraising

Junior Volunteers: Our Auxiliary-sponsored Junior Volunteer Program offers opportunities for students from grades 7 – 12 to volunteer at GSHCS. Services that Junior Volunteers take part in include:

Employee Birthday Balloon Project

Video Cart

Assistant Receptionists/Escorts

Clerical

During fiscal year July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005, the volunteers donated nearly 19,000 hours of service. They also provided scholarships to individuals pursuing the medical field, purchased medical equipment for the hospital, and provided financial support for the Hospice Bereavement Programs and indigent care needs.

To learn how you can make a difference as a GSHCS volunteer, contact Cindy Schaan, Director of Volunteer Services by calling 667-3690 or by e-mail to cschaan@gshealth.org.