Where
Can You Help?
The Volunteer Services Department offers a variety
of services in which you can participate.
Contact
the Marquette General Hospital Volunteer Office - phone
906-225-3280 or
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Note you must be at least 14 Years old to become a Volunteer!
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| Brookridge
Heights (1901 Division): |
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| Visit
with residents at our assisted living facility. |
| Clown'n
Around Clowns: |
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| Donning
a colorful clown costume and spreading cheer to patients. |
| Clerical
Tasks: |
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| Assist
staff in various departments with basic clerical work. |
| Dietary: |
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| Assists
with menu pick-up; observes dietitian rounds. |
| Dog
Therapy Partnership: |
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| You
and your certified dog visit patients. |
| Emergency
Department: |
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| Assists
staff with non-nursing services such as patient transports,
restocking supplies, and making beds. |
| Friendly
Visitor: |
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| Offer
a listening ear to patients in the hospital. |
| Fund-raising: |
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| Assist
in organizing events to raise money for hospital patients. |
| Gift
Shop: |
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| Sell
gift items to hospital staff and visitors. |
| Heart
Club: |
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| Visiting
heart surgery patients prior to and after heart surgery. |
| Health
Information Center: |
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| Provides
information to the public on health issues and concerns. |
| Information
Desk: |
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| Greet,
direct, and escort patients and visitors to patient rooms and
other areas of the hospital. |
| Lifeline: |
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| Install
Lifeline units in subscribers' homes. |
| Logistics: |
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| Assists
with transport of patients throughout the hospital. |
| Marquette
General Foundation |
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| Partner
with the Foundation team on numerous projects, events, tours
and fundraising opportunities. |
| Medical
Library: |
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| Assist
the hospital librarian with a variety of clerical tasks. |
| Mail
Services: |
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| Sort
and deliver mail to hospital patients and personnel. |
| Operating
Room: |
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| Second
year premed college students assist in management of medical
supplies and inventory. |
| Outpatient
Surgery / Inpatient Units: |
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| Assisting
clinical care aides with non-nursing services such as delivering
meal trays, answering call lights, and packing patient belongings.
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| Operating
Room Waiting Lounge: |
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| Provide
information and comfort to family and friends of patients who
are in surgery. |
| Plant
/ Flower Arrangements: |
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| Creative
arranging of flowers and plants for sale in our Gift Shop. |
| Patient
Tray Favors: |
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| Assembling
favors for patient trays once a month. |
| Pastoral
Care: |
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| Provide
spiritual support and comfort to patients. |
| Sewing
& Knitting Projects: |
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| Baby
caps, gown pockets, heart pillows, newborn baby gowns, Christmas
stockings, breast pillows. |
| Special
Projects: |
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| Purchasing
Christmas gifts for patients, assisting with holiday nut sale,
tour guide, hospital United Way clerical work bee. |
| Wig
Salon: |
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| Licensed
cosmetologists consult with patients for cutting and styling
of wigs. |
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