Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Auxiliary

The mission of the SGMC Volunteer Auxiliary is to enhance service to Medical Center customers. Our volunteers come from all walks of life. They are homemakers, teenagers, career men and women, retirees, husband and wife teams, and employees. But whatever the background, our volunteers are a special blend of people who share a common purpose – helping others by giving of themselves.

Who Can Volunteer?
Youth Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunities
Special Projects
Contact Us

Who Can Volunteer?

You must be at least 18 years of age to qualify. Volunteers are asked to volunteer a minimum of one, four-hour shift each week. Applicants should be dependable, responsible, friendly and willing to make a firm commitment to at least 75 hours of volunteer service each year. Volunteers must also adhere to the policies and procedures of SGMC.

Training is an integral part of your volunteer experience. In addition to a general orientation to familiarize you with the responsibilities and benefits of SGMC, you will receive on-the-job training.

Youth Volunteers

Mature and responsible students interested in a health career between the ages 14-17 may volunteer eight weeks during the summer in selected areas in the hospital.

Volunteer Opportunities

According to the hospital’s needs and your interests, your involvement can truly make a difference in one of these areas:

Volunteer Desk: These volunteers have varied duties, such as delivering flowers and patient mail, helping visitors who need assistance in the lobby area, assisting with Gift Shop deliveries and requests from units to run errands for patients. The hours are 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.

Art and Soul: Volunteers assist patients in the Cancer Center with art projects, which help to reduce symptoms of pain and anxiety during and after their cancer treatments.

Information Desk: Volunteers assist with greeting families and visitors, answer telephones, escort families to the physician’s consultation rooms after surgery, and give directions to visitors. The hours are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M..

CICU and Med/Surg Waiting Rooms: Volunteers work with families of patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Volunteers answer the telephone, give directions, explain hospital procedures, visiting hours, etc. This is a highly sensitive area and needs volunteers who are sensitive, kind and able to handle emotional situations. The hours are 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 7 days a week.

Outpatient Surgery: Volunteers are needed to help with assigned duties by nursing staff to strengthen and assist in the delivery of nursing care to the patient. The hours are 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Outpatient Information Desk: Volunteers act as a public relations person to give information and directions and to greet the customers. They are to assist the people in the waiting area when needed. The hours are 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Pearlman Cancer Center: Volunteers will assist personnel with patients in the infusion room, lab, nutrition center and educational library. The hours are 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Rehabilitation: Volunteers assist the patients with tasks, recreation, and arts and crafts. The hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 7 days a week.

Labor & Delivery and Post Partum: Volunteers assist new mothers with their meals, errands, discharge of patients and clerical tasks for personnel. The hours are 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.

Labor & Delivery and Post Partum Desk: These volunteers will manage all visitors in the secured area. The hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 7 days a week.

Golden Galleria Gift Shop: Volunteers help with sales, operate the cash register, stock the shop, clean, make displays, and price new merchandise. The hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday.

Greenleaf: Volunteers assist the staff at the reception desk at Greenleaf.

Medical Library: Volunteers assist the Medical Librarian with her duties. They help check in magazines and keep an accurate record, shelve books, process interlibrary loans, distribute memos and copies to mailboxes and answer the telephone. The hours are Monday only from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Mended Hearts: Volunteers who are interested in heart disease or have heart disease, visit hospital's heart patients.

Pet Therapy: Volunteers visit the hospital patients with their supervised, trained and screened dogs to promote laughter, play and touch.

Special Projects

Lifeline: The personal response system which links you to 24-hour assistance at the push of a button is offered through the Auxiliary.

Baby Photos: Newborn photography is made available in the hospital after the baby’s birth.

Love Light Tree: Every year the Auxiliary teams up with the Foundation to co-sponsor this annual event to raise funds to purchase a special needs item in the hospital.

Scholarship: The Clarice Ivey Massey Scholarship offers financial aid for medical or paramedical education.

Golden Galleria Gift Shop: All proceeds in this volunteer staffed gift shop are given back to the hospital annually, ear marked for a specific need which is chosen by the Auxiliary.

Contact Us

For more information on Volunteer Opportunities at South Georgia Medical Center, contact Suzanne Taylor at (229) 259-4412.

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