On the 11th floor, Harriet Kantrowitz is greeting patients at the Head and Neck Clinic. Volunteers like these can be found throughout Dana-Farber on any given day. They help at the front desk in the Dana lobby from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Friends Corner Gift Shop is run entirely by Friends volunteers. In clinics, volunteers greet patients coming for appointments, and several are always on hand in the Jimmy Fund Clinic.
Volunteers perform a wide range of tasks in offices and departments.
Some, mostly those looking for career-related experience, work in laboratories. While most volunteers work regular schedules, others come in as needed. Some are staff at Dana-Farber. Volunteers don't do the work of paid staff. Instead, they step in to help staff, to make a busy place or a frantic time more bearable.