Volunteer Opportunities
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San Leandro Hospital is looking for individuals who want to make a difference in other people's lives. Volunteers perform a variety of important functions including greeting patients and visitors, delivering flowers and mail, staffing the gift shop, transporting patients, supporting patients' friends and family, and working on special projects for the administrative team.
People who volunteer their time and talents often speak about the sense of fulfillment they derive from their volunteerism. This is particularly true of volunteers at San Leandro Hospital. Within the healing environment of the hospital, our volunteers become a vital part of the health care team. It can be proudly satisfying to be involved in the hospital’s mission. Our volunteers tell us their lives are further enhanced by the fun and friendship shared with other volunteers. From our perspective, we feel blessed for the service provided by our volunteers. Our patients, visitors, staff and physicians are deeply grateful for the generosity of our volunteers.
Since its inception in 1972, members of the Auxiliary have donated in excess of one-half million hours of volunteer service to the hospital. Among the current group of volunteers are individuals who have been with the Auxiliary from the start as well as those who have only recently joined the group.
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Becoming A Volunteer
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No experience is necessary to become a volunteer. Individuals from a variety of backgrounds make for good volunteers: retirees, working adults, stay-at-home parents, and spouses of executives. Volunteers are asked to make a one-year commitment of three-and-one-half hours of volunteer service each week. After successful completion of an application and interview, new volunteers are provided an orientation and a six-week training program.
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Volunteer Roles
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Volunteers play a variety of vital roles, including those listed below.
Greeting patients and visitors in the main lobby and the outpatient registration area.
Delivering flowers, mail and newspapers to patients.
Keeping family members and friends apprised of the status of loved ones in surgery and the emergency department.
Staffing the Gift Shop, which generates revenue to fund scholarships for students pursing careers in health care.
Transporting patients in wheelchairs, running errands for hospital staff, or fulfilling other needs.
Creating Comfy Bears to comfort children during their visit to the emergency department.
Handling special projects, such as mass mailings, photocopying and other administrative projects.
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Scholarship Program
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Over the years, through proceeds from the Gift Shop, the Auxiliary has awarded in excess of $300,000 to students pursuing careers in health care. Past scholarship recipients have gone on to become physicians, nurses and allied health professionals. One scholarship recipient, who also served as a junior volunteer at the hospital, is currently the Chief Nursing Officer of San Leandro Hospital. To learn about applying for a scholarship, call (510) 357-6500.
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Contact Us
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If you would like a member of the San Leandro Hospital Auxiliary to contact you about becoming a hospital volunteer, please call 357-6500. Alternatively, you may send a letter with your contact information and your areas of interest and preferred days and times to work. You may mail the letter to: Membership Chairman, Auxiliary Office, San Leandro Hospital, 13855 E. 14th Street, San Leandro CA 94578, or e-mail the information to us.
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