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Location
8260 Atlee Road, Room 1109
Mechanicsville, Virginia 23116

About Memorial Regional Medical Center
Memorial Regional Medical Center is a 225-bed all private room facility. It serves residents in suburban Hanover and Henrico counties, the Northern Neck and the City of Richmond.

About Volunteering
Every opportunity to volunteer at Memorial Regional is a valuable contribution to the community. It's more than just stuffing envelopes or answering the phone; you are touching someone's life. A friendly smile and a kind word are just a small part of providing good help to those in need.

Volunteering Requirements
We ask that volunteers be 15 years of age or older. The preferred minimum commitment is two four hour shifts per month.

There are many different opportunities to choose from and we can work to help find the perfect fit for you.

Click on the link below to see a listing of current volunteer placements and details regarding duties and responsibilities for each.

MRMC Opportunity Directory

How to Become a Volunteer
We are excited about your interest in volunteering and hope to make the process as simple as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Bon Secours Richmond completes the reference check.
• The volunteer completes TB testing and obtains an ID badge while Bon Secours Richmond conducts a background check.
• The volunteer receives staff training and a schedule.

For more information please contact Rob Herndon, Jr., Volunteer Director, at (804) 764-6017 or robert_herndon@bshsi.org.

Location
1500 N. 28th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23223

About Richmond Community Hospital
Richmond Community Hospital is located in the Church Hill area of downtown Richmond. It was opened in 1903 on the campus of Virginia Union University by the first African American, and the first woman, to be certified to practice medicine by the Virginia State Board of Medicine, Dr. Sarah Garland Jones, and her husband, Dr. Miles Berkley Jones.

About Volunteering
As a not-for-profit hospital serving Richmond and the surrounding communities, Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital relies on volunteers to provide a wide range of services. Volunteering provides a unique experience filled with fellowship, camaraderie and the satisfaction of providing "good help to those in need."

Volunteering Requirements
Volunteering for your local hospital can provide a sense of connection to the community. We encourage anyone interested in volunteering who is 15 or older to apply. Weekend and evening hours are available with no minimal monthly commitment required.

Our needs may change from time to time. Right now we are looking to fill the following positions.

• General Services: providing assistance as needed to the departments, nursing stations and labs, and delivering flowers, mail and equipment.
• Hospitality Ambassador: visit briefly with all patients to ensure their comforts are being met such as lighting, temperature, snacks and reading materials.
• Information Desk: duties include greeting hospital visitors, assisting with locating patients for family members and helping manage patient flow in Outpatient Waiting Area.

How to Become a Volunteer
We are excited about your interest in volunteering and hope to make the process as simple as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Bon Secours Richmond completes the reference check.
• The volunteer completes TB testing and obtains an ID badge while Bon Secours Richmond conducts a background check.
• The volunteer receives staff training and a schedule.

For any questions or for additional information please contact Derek Battle at (804) 915-1391 or derek_battle@bshsi.org.

Location
13710 St. Francis Boulevard
Midlothian, Virginia 23114

About St. Francis Medical Center
Built in 2005, St. Francis Medical Center is the first new hospital to be built south of the James River in 20 years. It is a 130-bed hospital that also includes a child care building that can accommodate 120 children, a family practice center and the Bon Secours Cancer Institute.

About Volunteering
Volunteering at Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center is filled with camaraderie, fellowship and the satisfaction of making a difference in the lives of others. As a volunteer, you become an integral part of the health care team at St. Francis and play a key role in providing comfort and care to patients and their families.

St. Francis has a few different locations available for volunteer opportunities. Once you decide where you would like to give your time, the location where you work will always be the same.

Volunteering Requirements
Our volunteer program is designed to offer you the opportunity to make a difference in your community. Our volunteers make a commitment to give 100 hours a year to help our staff and patients. We ask that anyone interested in volunteering with us be at least 16 years old.

Our needs may change from time to time. Some of our positions have weekend and evening hours as denoted by the asterisk (*). Right now we are looking to fill the following positions.

• Cancer Center Information Desk
• Cancer Institute Resource Librarian
• Customer Relations Valet Driver
• Diabetes Treatment Center Office Assistant
• Emergency Department Hospitality Associate*
• Emergency Department Concierge*
• Emergency Preparedness Assistant (experience required)
• Eucharistic Ministers*
• General Services (pt discharges, deliveries, etc)
• Gift Shop Sales Associates*
• Lab/PAT Concierge
• Main Information Desk Concierge*
• Medical Building Concierge
• On-call Administration receptionist
• PAT- Third Floor Greeter
• Pet Therapy Visitors (Must be certified Caring Canine members)
• Surgery Helper (OR, Ambulatory & Gen Surgery pre-op & recovery)
• Surgery Waiting Information Desk
• Unit Assistant*

* Evening/Weekend opportunities

How to Become a Volunteer
We are excited about your interest in volunteering and hope to make the process as simple as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Bon Secours Richmond completes the reference check.
• The volunteer completes TB testing and obtains an ID badge while Bon Secours Richmond conducts a background check.
• The volunteer receives staff training and a schedule.

For any questions or for additional information please contact Betty Mason at (804) 594-7807 or betty_mason@bshsi.org.

Location
5801 Bremo Road
Richmond, Virginia 23226

About St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's is a not-for-profit hospital serving the greater Richmond community for more than 40 years. We rank in the top 10 percent of America's hospitals for emergency care. This year we proudly accepted the accomplishment of reaching the prestigious Magnet status.

About Volunteering
Volunteering at St. Mary's Hospital provides a unique experience filled with fellowship, camaraderie and the satisfaction of providing good help to those in need.

We are a neighborhood hospital with a rich history. Some of our volunteers have been with us for over 40 years. In fact, our oldest volunteer, at 101, has been with us for over 37 years and given 26,764 hours of service.

By volunteering with us, you will not only be working to help your community but joining the St. Mary's family and making St. Mary's connections with our patients and tremendously talented staff.

Volunteering Requirements
We invite anyone 15 years or older to be a volunteer with us. While there is no hourly commitment for adult volunteers, people under the age of 18 must commit to at least 50 hours per year. Weekend hours are available from 8:30 a.m. - 5p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Our evening hours go until 8p.m.

There are many different types of opportunities to choose from, and we are happy to work with you to find the perfect job to fit your passion. The following is just a sample of the types of openings we have:

• Emergency Department
• Information Desks
• Gift Shop
• Surgical Waiting Area
• Patient Discharges
• Other

How to Become a Volunteer
We are excited about your interest in volunteering and hope to make the process as simple as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Bon Secours Richmond completes the reference check.
• The volunteer completes TB testing and obtains an ID badge while Bon Secours Richmond conducts a background check.
• The volunteer receives staff training and a schedule.

For more information please contact Trish Fawcett at (804) 281-8309 or patricia_fawcett@bshsi.org.

About Care-A-Van
Bon Secours Richmond Care-A-Van program is mission in action, where clinicians and physicians can find a unique outlet for community involvement. The Care-A-Van is a mobile health clinic that travels throughout the Greater Richmond area to provide free primary, urgent and preventive health care.

Medical services include health screenings, immunizations and school physicals for children, flu shots for adults and examination and treatment of sick uninsured patients. Volunteers also assist with the set-up and break-down of sites, helping with patient flow and registration and other tasks as requested.

About Volunteering
The Care-A-Van program is one that embraces a constantly changing environment. Each site is different, each staff is different and each patient load is different every day. This creates an exciting and varied volunteer experience for those who enjoy diversity. There is consistency in the process of the program, but the varied environments make each day unique.

Sometimes our volunteers experience language barriers with their patients. We encourage bilingual members of our community interested in volunteering to apply for our interpretation and registration positions (a proficiency test is required). Volunteers who enjoy interpreting for the program have the opportunity to advance with medical translation training.

Volunteer Requirements
Because this is a medical program, we have a few qualifications that must be met to be a volunteer:

• Only licensed and certified physicians and clinicians can handle medical services.
• Volunteers must have their own transportation as the site locations vary.
• A commitment of at least two, four-hour shifts or one, eight-hour shift per month is required.

If you don't meet these qualifications but are still interested in volunteering, we encourage you to learn about our sister program, Reach Out & Read.

How to Volunteer
Our goal is to work with you to make the volunteer application process as seamless as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Bon Secours Richmond completes the reference check.
• The volunteer completes TB testing and obtains an ID badge while Bon Secours Richmond conducts a background check.
• Clinical volunteers are trained on our Electronic Medical Record system.
• The volunteer gets staff training and a schedule.

For information about Care-A-Van volunteer opportunities, please contact Betty Coleman at (804) 545-1931 or betty_coleman@bshsi.org.

About Hospice & Palliative Care
Bon Secours Hospice is a program that affirms the dignity of life. It serves people affected by an advanced illness by providing comprehensive compassionate care while respecting each individual's need, beliefs, and wishes. Hospice helps patients live comfortably in their final days and helps families cope with the care and ultimate loss of their loved one. Although it is home centered, hospice care can be provided in a variety of settings.

About Volunteering
Hospice volunteers are a vital part of the Hospice Care Team. They serve as helping hands, companions and sympathetic listeners. They assist with patient and family care as well as community outreach and education and office needs. They also serve as speakers, educators and help with special needs.

There are opportunities to volunteer in the Richmond area as well as in and around Tappahannock: Essex, Westmoreland, Richmond County, Lancaster, Northumberland, King and Queen, King William and. We will work with you to get you assigned to patients close to your preferred location.

Download the Hospice Volunteer brochure >>

Volunteer Requirements
While no special skills are needed to be a hospice volunteer, we do require that you have your own means of transportation and are 18 years of age or older. The time commitment is two to four hours per month.

Click on the link below to see a listing of current volunteer placements and details regarding duties and responsibilities for each.

Community Outreach Opportunity Directory

How to Volunteer
Our goal is to work with you to make the volunteer application process as seamless as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Volunteer attends training session. You do not have to decide to volunteer until you complete a one day training session. The next training session is:
• Bon Secours Richmond completes the reference check.
• The volunteer completes TB testing and obtains an ID badge while Bon Secours Richmond conducts a background check and drug screening at no charge to applicant.
• The volunteer gets staff training and assignment.

Volunteer opportunities include:
Patient/Family Support

• 11th Hour Volunteers (need one year of hospice exposure)
• Skilled Nursing Facility, Assisted Living Facility or Hospital Ambassador
• Visiting patient homes
• Running errands
• Special projects: yard work, clean up and out

• Low-risk telephone support calls
• Grief & Loss Support Groups
• Office support

• Data entry
• Medical records filing
• Answering telephones
• Preparing admission and information packets
• Copying and faxing
• Newsletter

• Making lap robes
• Hospitality
• Mailings
• Phone calls
• Expos and fairs

• Churches
• Civic organizations
• Non-profits

For more information about opportunities in the Richmond area please contact Barbara Palmer at (804) 627-5360 or barbara_palmer@bshsi.org.

For information about the Tappahannock area opportunities please contact Judith Lind at (804) 443-0889 or judith_lind@bshsi.org

About Reach Out & Read
The nationally recognized Reach Out & Read Program (ROR) provides books for young children when they visit the Richmond Community Hospital Emergency Department, the St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Pediatric Department or the mobile medical CARE-A-VANS. Volunteers transform the sites into literacy-rich areas for children and parents, while helping families learn the joys and the techniques of reading aloud.

About Volunteering
Volunteers come from all walks of life but have two important traits in common: a love of books and stories and a genuine interest in helping children. Volunteers read to children and show by example that reading aloud is enjoyable for both parents and children.

Volunteering Requirements

• Must be 18 years old or older
• Those under 18 may still apply. They simply need a parent or guardian to also apply to volunteer and accompany them during volunteer hours
• Ability to commit to one three hour shift per month
• Love of books and helping children

Click on the link below to see a listing of current volunteer placements and details regarding duties and responsibilities for each.

Community Outreach Opportunity Directory

How to Become a Volunteer
We are excited about your interest in volunteering and hope to make the process as simple as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Bon Secours Richmond completes the reference check.
• The volunteer completes TB testing and obtains an ID badge while Bon Secours Richmond conducts a background check.
• The volunteer gets staff training and a schedule.

Book Donation
If you have a new or gently used book you would like to donate to Reach Out and Read, please drop them off or mail them to:

Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Attention: Reach Out and Read Bon Secours
413 Stuart Circle, Suite 210
Richmond, VA 23220

We thank you for your support.

For information please contact Lynn Moore at (804) 213-0914 or lynn_moore@bshsi.org.

Location
6701 Ironbridge Parkway
Chester, Virginia 23831

About Bon Secours Retirement Community at Ironbridge

About Volunteering
We are always excited to have new volunteers join our community. Volunteering with us means more than spending some time out of the house - you are also joining a big, wonderful family.

Whether you want to volunteer just one time or you hope to work three days a week, there are numerous ways to volunteer within our organization. The following are suggestions for interacting on a one-on-one basis with residents at Bon Secours Richmond:

• Assist with letter writing
• Read out loud
• Share your own scrapbook and favorite items
• Work crossword puzzles
• Reminisce about the "good old days"
• Share magazines
• Make greeting cards
• Make seasonal decorations or other crafts
• Make a calendar
• Prepare a favorite recipe
• Play a musical instrument or sing
• Help with grooming and makeup
• Take a walk or wheelchair ride around the grounds
• Share photographs
• Bring in lunch to share (check about food restrictions first)
• Play games such as cards, checkers or chess

Volunteering Requirements We welcome volunteers as young as 12 to work at Ironbridge (children under 18 need a parent's signature). No special skills are needed, but if there are certain areas you would prefer to volunteer for we will work with you to arrange that opportunity.

There is no minimum monthly commitment. Evening and weekend positions are available.

Click on the link below to see a listing of current volunteer placements and details regarding duties and responsibilities for each.

Community Outreach Opportunity Directory

How to Become a Volunteer
We are excited about your interest in volunteering and hope to make the process as simple as possible.

• Complete and submit the online application.
• Bon Secours Retirement Community at Ironbridge will contact you to schedule a time to tour the facility and discuss available positions.
• TB testing is completed for volunteers 18 and older.
• The volunteer gets staff training and a schedule.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment to apply in person, please contact Kristie Prete at (804) 748-7000 or kristie_prete@bshsi.org.

About Noah's Children
Noah's Children is a pediatric palliative care and hospice program providing care and support for children under 17, and their families, who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. Our unique program, one of the only in the country and the only in the area, provides compassionate care during the most difficult time a family could face.

About Volunteering
Becoming a Noah's Children volunteer presents the opportunity to work with exceptional people who are passionate about giving support and assistance to these children and their families. Volunteer opportunities range from working directly with patients and their families to assisting staff with behind-the-scenes activities.

Click on the link below to see a listing of current volunteer placements and details regarding duties and responsibilities for each.

Community Outreach Opportunity Directory

Please visit our Website at www.noahschildren.com for more information. To volunteer, please sign up here.

A little time can make a big difference . . .
Safe Landings volunteers help optimize the medical recovery period of people of all ages as they recuperate at home, on a schedule that fits almost any lifestyle. This program provides a flexible, rewarding and educational volunteer experience for anyone with the desire and ability to offer practical and emotional support to people whose current needs surpass their resources.

About Volunteering
A Safe Landings volunteer might help with grocery shopping or other important errands, preparing a casserole or getting clean linens on a bed, providing respite for caregivers, occasional transportation, or visiting to offer encouragement and a sympathetic ear. Volunteer hours will usually vary, from a few each week to several hours each month, and volunteers generally set their own schedule to best accommodate their availability and the client's needs.

Click on the link below to see a listing of current volunteer placements and details regarding duties and responsibilities for each.

Community Outreach Opportunity Directory

Volunteering Requirements and Process
No medical skills or technical education is needed to volunteer with Safe Landings. Volunteers must have transportation and be dependable. Volunteers under the age of 17 require supervision by an approved parent volunteer when on assignment.

• All prospects complete and submit the online application including personal references.
• All adult applicants undergo a general wellness check, which includes drug screening and TB testing, and completion of a criminal history check form (this takes about 30 minutes), as well as a program orientation (2-3 hours). Applicants under 17 also attend program orientation and provide basic medical data.
• Once the wellness, background and reference checks are concluded satisfactorily, the volunteer is cleared for service (1-2 weeks).

Weekday transportation volunteers are also needed outside the home setting to assist clients to and from medical and other essential appointments.

For more information contact Lynn Moore at (804) 213-0914 or Lynn_Moore@bshsi.org.