We are a registered charity organization contributing over 3000 hours of volunteer service to the Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa Residential Care facilities annually.
Interested in volunteering with the Hospital Auxiliary?
Here are some options:
- Gift shop volunteer – 5.5-hour shifts during the weekdays. We are open 10 am to 3 pm and you would need to be able to open up the store, provide excellent customer service, operate a cash register and interact machine, restock supplies, and balance the register at the end of your shift. You must also be able to commit to the entire 5.5 hours of your shift. You can work as few as a couple of shifts per month.
- Comfort Cart volunteer – Every third weekend of the month, we provide free cookies and water to the public and patients in the emergency department. Volunteers sign up for shifts, which are at 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm on the Saturday and Sunday. A cart is loaded with the cookies and water, then wheeled through the waiting area and back emergency rooms. We find that this small act of kindness can provide some comfort to those in an otherwise stressful situation. We have also provided this service on an ad hoc basis when we are just passing through and find the emergency department extremely busy.
- Vending Machine volunteer – Volunteers will restock vending machines, and ensure that they are in good working order. Oftentimes we are called out to clear a coin jam, or fix some other problem with the machine. You would be on a list of volunteers able to fix the machine, so that it is not always the same person being called out or needing to be available. We like to have problems fixed ASAP since these machines are a great source of revenue for us.
- Memorial Rose Garden Volunteer – The Auxiliary has a memorial rose garden which can be seen out the back of the cafeteria window. We offer memorial bricks for purchase where you can have your loved one’s name etched into the stone and placed around the perimeter. Volunteers tend this garden by planting, weeding, and watering to ensure it looks beautiful year after year.
If none of these options interest you, please still consider volunteering. Northern Health has volunteer positions for adults and would be extremely happy for the help. Our application form is vetted through Northern Health and also includes some areas of interest that they oversee. In particular, help with eldercare in Peace Villa is really needed. It may just be helping feed someone through meal time so that they are not rushed, and get the proper nutrition needed. Even sharing stories and visiting can greatly improve their quality of life!
Applications for Northern Health may be found online at: www.northernhealth.ca/about-us/get-involved/volunteering-northern-health
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