The Volunteer Service program was established in June 1948, at the High Star Facility with 12 women from First Baptist Church. Under the leadership of Mrs. Robert Jolly, the first volunteer activity within the hospital was a bookmobile. The service expanded with volunteers helping at the information desk in the main lobby. A full-time Volunteer Director was employed by the hospital in 1953.
Volunteers work in almost every area of the hospital.
Volunteers are still taking books and magazines to patients, working at the information desk and giving nursing scholarships. Greet the public Give direction to patients and visitors to different areas of the campus. Access computer systems as needed to retrieve in-patient room locations. Someone who can make copies, fax reports to doctors, type labels and file. Four hours per week or twelve hours per month.