Volunteer opportunities to fill everyone's bucket

When you give someone a gift, you want to watch them open it, right? That’s the best part, watching their eyes and seeing the joy your gift brings.

Giving the gift of time works the same way. When you volunteer, you bring joy to others — and it feels so good. That’s the magic of volunteering. In fact, the experience of helping others and making them happy inspires you to give even more. It’s invigorating and the whole community benefits.

As a strong advocate for strengthening the community, we offer a variety of convenient and flexible opportunities to give the gift of time. Whether you’re a social butterfly or prefer to help out behind the scenes, whether you have lots of time to give or just want to volunteer when you can fit it in your schedule, we have a program for you. “We work around each volunteer’s schedule and interests to ensure they have the best, most meaningful experience possible,” says Sarah Osegard, Volunteer Coordinator at BRMH.

Here are just some of the ways you can impact your community through BRMH:

Lend An Ear Program

Volunteers visit with transitional care patients (patients who no longer require in-patient care, but are not ready to go home), spending quality time together playing games, going to lunch or dinner, reading the newspaper, and other activities.

Volunteen Program

This program kicks off in the summer and is for teens between the ages of 14 and 18. Volunteers help at the front desk, guiding people where they need to go, acting as a courier between floors, and more.

Tele-care Program

Clients look forward to receiving phone call check-ins from volunteers on a scheduled basis. These calls can be as simple as, “Hi, how are you doing?”, or be an opportunity for the client to share more of what they have going on! These check-ins benefit the patients and are a comfort to the family, as well.

Greeters

Volunteers welcome patients and visitors to BRMH and escort them around the building, providing a wheelchair if needed. They are often the first friendly face people see when entering the hospital.

The Comfort Shawl Crew

Many volunteers prefer to donate their time from home knitting comfort shawls for hospice patients, or hats for the newborns at Black River Memorial Hospital.

Homemade Cards

All are welcome to create and donate homemade cards that are made available for visitors or families free of charge when they visit a patient. Any type of card(s) can be donated, as well as cardmaking supplies.

Interested in giving back? We’d love to have you! Apple HERE.