I volunteered at a retail store for a while, but I like the feeling of volunteering at the hospital and making my own contribution to others. In the spring of 1995, Our Lady of Providence League, and the Volunteer Services Department, created a new program for young adults called the Teen Volunteer Program. Last year a scholarship program was created to recognize outstanding teen volunteers. Throughout the years, teen volunteers have assisted staff and helped improve the quality of patient care by volunteering in nursing units throughout the hospital. General duties include answering phones, directing visitors, running errands, visiting with patients, and other duties as directed by the Nurse Manager.
Teens also work in non-patient areas doing clerical work, data entry and working in the gift shop.
Providence is in need of volunteers. If you haven t considered volunteering before, please take the time to consider how important your time would be to the hospital, and what great people you will meet. During the interview and orientation process, the skills, talents and interests of each volunteer are matched to the opportunities that exist within the various work areas. Volunteers can work in several areas at Providence Hospital in Southfield or the many satellite medical centers throughout Wayne and Oakland County. The Volunteer Services Program and OLPL will be celebrating its 36 th Anniversary of operation later this spring, which incidentally coincides with the opening of the hospital in Southfield.