Volunteer Services Department has more than 75 volunteer service areas where adults and teens logged 25,302 hours of service in 2000. In 2000, Richard Velliquette donated the most hours - 585.9. A volunteer since 1987, he has donated more than 3,440 hours total. In 2000, Mayamona Diakabanzila was the junior volunteer with the most hours. Volunteers delivered more than 13,002 bouquets of flowers in 2000.
Some volunteers are native of Belgium, Sweden and Spain.
Some of these volunteers also serve as interpreters. 1 volunteer became interested in volunteering at The Carolinas Heart Institute after her husband received a heart transplant. 3 ladies have volunteered for more than 20 years. Their service hours totaled more than 5,000 each. Some volunteers help from home by knitting baby caps and quilting blankets for newborns.