Methodist Fremont Health Volunteers

Many volunteers deliver mail, newspapers and flowers to Methodist Fremont Health patients and Dunklau Gardens residents. Volunteers also help set tables for noon and evening meals. Morning or afternoon shifts are available.”

These volunteers assist with filing, copying, answering telephones and other clerical duties in departments such as Volunteer Services, Finance and Human Resources. Duties may also include working on various projects as needed, sending out mailings, data entry and preparing new patient packets.

Volunteers in the Emergency Department assist the health care team by greeting patients, assisting with patient room assignments, communicating with families and maintaining patient comfort. Responsibilities also include restocking shelves, making sure that rooms are patient-ready and delivering lab tests as necessary.

Escort volunteers greet patients and visitors using AIDET® tools of communication, escort patients to their appointments in various areas of Methodist Fremont Health and maintain a supply of wheelchairs.

These volunteers provide visitation, companionship and support for patients and their families. They assist with day-to-day activities, including light housekeeping, laundry, shopping and transportation. They provide respite care during the absence of caregivers, and they assist with varied office and clerical activities such as preparation of mailings and updating files.”

These volunteers provide information to patient families and visitors, as well as patient and resident room information for Methodist Fremont Health patients and Dunklau Gardens residents. Our Information Desk Volunteers use their AIDET® skills helping to provide positive patient/visitor experiences.

These volunteers serve as liaisons between the medical and nursing staff and the patient and their families. Their duties also include keeping a log of who is waiting with each patient in surgery and maintaining close contact with the operating room desk that gives regular updates on a patient’s status.

Snack service volunteers provide refreshments via a snack cart to families and visitors throughout the Methodist Fremont Health's lobbies and waiting areas.

Gift Shop volunteers provide service to customers in a retail setting. Proceeds are periodically donated back to Methodist Fremont Health.

These volunteers provide weekly tours to area third-grade classes.