Do you enjoy making cards for loved ones? You might also enjoy “Recycling Cards with Love” with the MHS Volunteer Corps Card Committee. The committee collects used greeting cards in good condition and decorative materials to create beautiful new greeting cards. These cards are available for purchase in the Caring Hearts Gift Shop located in the lobby of Memorial Hospital. All proceeds benefit MHS Volunteer Corps special projects.

Do you love to work on crafts? The MHS Volunteer Corps Craft Committee meets monthly to work on a variety of craft projects for MHS affiliates.

Projects include items such as the following:

• Walker Bags – These handy bags attach to walkers and keep important items close while allowing one’s hands to stay firmly on the walker handles.
• Pillows for Hope Lives Comfort Chairs – These pillows are made special for patients who are recovering after a mastectomy and accompany the chairs that are loaned out FREE of charge.  Visit our foundation page to learn more about Hope Lives Comfort Chairs.
• Peanut Pillows – These pillow are great for neck and back support and are for purchase in the Caring Hearts Gift Shop.
• Fidget Blankets – Our volunteers make creative fidget blanket for our residents at Village Manor who have dementia.
• Bowl Holders – Bowl holders are like pot holders that fit around your bowl just right!  Once you use a bowl holder, you’ll wonder why it took so long to try one out! These are for sale in the Caring Hearts Gift Shop.

As a Lobby Ambassador, you are one of the first people to greet patients and visitors from our information desk located in the hospital lobby.  Answer questions, help provide direction, and even assist in wheelchair transport if needed.

The Caring Hearts Gift Shop, located in the lobby of Memorial Hospital, is staffed by the MHS Volunteers Corps.  Profits from the gift shop help fund various items for Memorial Health System, which ultimately benefits the patients we serve! Duties include:  running the cash register and helping keep items stocked.

The MHS Marketing Department has various tasks throughout the month that volunteers can help with.

These tasks may include:

• Folding monthly newsletters and brochures
• Stuffing envelopes for various mailed materials
• Stapling booklets
• Maintaining the resource wall with current flyers
• Keeping all waiting rooms clean and presentable with updated marketing materials