Volunteering: Your Gift of Time

Volunteer Opportunities | How To Become A Volunteer | Our Volunteer Organizations

In each week, each of us is blessed with 168 hours –in which we make many choices and thus create our lives. At West Georgia Health System, hundreds of people have found that by giving four of their 168 hours a week, they have found a new richness in their personal lives.

Volunteers are a vital part of our health care system community. Reassuring the apprehensive patient, bringing a warm smile to a worried visitor, sharing hope, offering a helping hand – as a volunteer you can be of help in these and countless other gratifying ways.

The West Georgia Health System Auxiliary and other volunteers provide valuable services to the West Georgia Medical Center, Florence Hand Home, Twin Fountains Home, and West Georgia Dialysis patients, staff and visitors.

Volunteer Opportunities

At West Georgia Health System, you will find a variety of volunteer opportunities to match your skills and interests:

Call Room: escort patients upon admission to treatment areas, deliver flowers and late trays, escort patients and belongings to dismissal area.

Coffee Cart: provide complimentary coffee service to patients, visitors and staff.

Emergency Room: help support ER staff in their effort to provide comfort to patients and patient families.

Enoch Callaway Cancer Clinic: serve as a host/hostess for patients and family members at the clinic.

First Steps Program: volunteers work with expectant parents and/or
parents of newborns to provide emotional support, parenting, education
and referrals to community resources.

Florence Hand Home/Twin Fountains Home: help with various activities provided for the residents, deliver and read mail, visit with residents. Placements also available in the beauty shop, remotivation groups and library at the Florence Hand Home.

Gift Shop: assist customers, ring up sales (a great portion of auxiliary funds are raised in the gift shop).

Information Desk: provide information to visitors regarding patient rooms and directions.

Intensive Care Waiting Room: serve as a liaison between families and caregivers; provide information about patient's condition and location.

Physical Therapy: assist staff with patient-related treatments in Physical Therapy Department.

How To Become A Volunteer

To volunteer at West Georgia Health System, either

1) complete our online application
or
2) download a printable application (in PDF format), complete and mail to the address shown below.

For more information, contact:
Jean Cook
Director of Volunteer and Community Services
1514 Vernon Road
LaGrange, GA 30240
(706) 845-3965

Our Volunteer Organizations

West Georgia Health System Auxiliary: These dedicated volunteers raise funds through proceeds from the gift shop, special sales events, and our annual Lovelight campaign. The funds they raise are given back to the Health System through donations to the West Georgia Health Foundation. Auxilians serve in all areas of the health care system.