We provide high quality, cost effective health care and related services that improve the health status of people in central Iowa. Volunteer Opportunities Second Grade Orientation Tours Serving approximately 500 second grade students each year in Ames and the surrounding communities, this program offers tours of the ambulance, Pediatric unit, Radiology unit, Dietetic Services and the Emergency department. Developed to reduce the trauma of hospitalization, hospital staff members give a brief explanation of patient services in their department. Children receive coloring books, created by the MGMC Auxiliary , that explain when to come to a hospital, what to bring and what happens when they are admitted.
Tours are limited to second grade children and are scheduled through the schools.