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Volunteer Programs

Our volunteer programs span a range of services to accommodate many skills and availability. Some are designed for teens and others for adults. We currently have five different groups for you to join. We appreciate your consideration to complete our circle of care.

Volunteens

For individuals from ages 14 to 18, our Volunteens program places teens in various positions around the hospital where they can devote time and energy in a helpful way.

Hospital Host/Hostess

As a Hospital Host/Hostess, your job is to help escort patients, family members and visitors throughout our hospital. You are the touch point for the hospital as you are one of the first people to come in contact with our patients and their families.

Concerned Hearts

Concerned Hearts is an organization comprised of individuals who either have had treatment for a heart condition or have had a family member treated for a heart condition. This group is responsible for staffing the reception desk located near Advanced Care. Concerned Hearts members also conduct fundraisers during the year to help support our Cardiac Care Center. When new patients arrive, members show them and their families videos describing the surgery, recovery and their future lifestyle. Concerned Hearts members also visit patients during their stay to answer questions and provide insights about the recovery process.

Members volunteer in several ways, such as:

  • Heart Hugger Pillow Makers: A group of volunteers cut, sew and stuff hundreds of pillows every year for cardiac patients. Patients hug this pillow as they cough as part of therapy following heart surgery.
  • Visitation Committee: A group of volunteers who visit pre- and post-operative cardiac surgery patients and are available to answer questions and provide information.
  • Critical Care Volunteer Desk: The critical care volunteer desk is staffed by volunteers 12 hours a day. These volunteers give families an understanding and assurance that the long hours during the surgery will indeed benefit not only the patient but the entire family.
  • Bellin Health Transport Aides: The volunteers who help out in the transport area of the hospital escort patients from their rooms to other areas of the hospital such as x-ray.
  • Red Cross Drivers: This group of volunteers drives for the Red Cross, transporting blood from the blood drive centers to the Red Cross Center on Deckner Avenue. They also transport blood plasma from the Red Cross Center to the hospitals in five neighboring counties.

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