Corporate Volunteer Program Sarasota Memorial s Corporate Volunteer Program was established in 1992 to provide employees,physicians and family members with opportunities to volunteer to help local non-profit agencies. Most of the projects are special, one-time events. However, some are now long-term, such as the group s relationship with Mothers Helping Mothers. By providing many different short-term events in a variety of settings, Sarasota Memorial Corporate Volunteers know they can fit the activity into an already busy work and family schedule. Special T-shirts are worn at each event identifying the volunteers as part of the Sarasota Memorial family.
Some events involve manual labor, such as painting houses at the annual Brush Up Sarasota.
Others take place at the hospital, such as helping recruit donors for the quarterly hospital blood drives. And some activities are as easy as bringing in personal hygiene items for individuals and families in need. Corporate Volunteers also assist with the annual Taste of Sarasota and Give Hunger the Blues both of which benefit All Faiths Food Bank, the Sarasota Reading Festival and the Sarasota Regional Science and Technology Fair, just to name a few. The program has become a terrific benefit to both the hospital and community. The pride gained in doing something worth while for the community translates into improved morale and self-esteem.