Still others balance patient activities with administrative functions. Volunteer opportunities exist in most hospital departments and in St. Clare's Child Care Center. Available positions include office work, public interaction, and patient contact. In the hospital, junior volunteers interact with patients, visitors, staff and other volunteers. Responsibilities include making beds, feeding and transporting patients, delivering flowers and mail, and running errands.
Students learn to communicate effectively with people and learn their own strengths and limitations.
In the child care center, junior volunteers considering a career in teaching experience an educational environment. Responsibilities include assisting teachers in age-specific classrooms, playing games, working with puzzles, and reading stories. These were 27 women who approached the Franciscan sisters and offered their services to the new hospital in any way possible. The Auxiliary Gift Shop located in the hospital is run by Auxiliary volunteers. It provides a great source of revenue for the hospital and allows convenient shopping for hospital staff and visitors.