Volunteer
Join the team. Make a difference. Be a volunteer.
Welcome to Volunteer Services
Reid's volunteers unselfishly give of their time and share their skills and talents to help us in our mission of caring for others. Volunteers at Reid support more than 50 different areas. They serve as hosts/hostesses, provide information, escort patients and visitors, provide assistance in the Ginkgo Boutique, deliver mail, assist on nursing units and in many offices, and much more.
We can't do it without you!
Volunteers are special people who choose to assist Reid Health in its mission of leading our communities to well-being, one person at a time.
All volunteer service is related to patient care. Although you might never have direct contact with patients, the welfare of those we care for is always our top priority. After training, our volunteers are able to assist with many clinical and non-clinical support services.
Volunteers usually provide their services one day a week for two to four hours. Because of the amount of training involved, Reid asks for a six-month commitment.
Our volunteer vision
- Respond to requests of staff with compassionate, well-trained, and resourceful volunteers
- Promote community service by providing volunteer opportunities for youth and adults
- Provide services, which support patient care by focusing on the patient experience
- Provide to the community, a means of meeting the human need to give service
- Assist with communications between staff, visitors, and patients
Veteran inspired to give back after knee surgery
Having been impressed by the care he received while having partial knee replacement surgery, Bob Ladd decided to serve has a volunteer at the hospital.
"Volunteering feeds the soul. For me, it's an emotional thing. It just feeds a need in me to reach out and help," he said.
Interested in volunteering? Here's how to apply
Steps to becoming an adult volunteer:
- Complete an application packet, which can be done securely online below or call our office at (765) 983-3152
- Complete a 30-minute interview with Volunteer Services
- Complete a reference and background check
Upon acceptance:
- Have a TB test
- Attend required orientations
Adult volunteer (ages 18+) application
Steps to becoming a junior volunteer:
- Complete an application packet, which can be done securely online below or through your school counselor
- Have your counselor send a recommendation
- Complete a 20-minute interview with Volunteer Services
Upon acceptance:
- Have a TB test
- Attend required orientations
Junior volunteer (ages 14-18) application
Call Reid's Volunteer Series Department at (765) 983-3152 or email Shara.Short@ReidHealth.org for more information.