Junior Volunteer Program

The Almonte General Hospital (AGH) Junior Volunteer Program runs each summer. The Junior Volunteer Program gives the senior volunteers a well-deserved summer vacation. The patients and staff enjoy having young people in the Hospital and the students learn a great deal.

Junior Volunteers are students in Grade 7 to Grade 12. Junior Volunteers at AGH help out in several different capacities, including delivering juice and snacks, visiting patients in the Hospital’s Medical-Surgical and Rosamond units and assisting staff in the Day Hospital, Physiotherapy, Recreology and Medical Records departments. They also volunteer in the Hospital Gift Shop.

The program has one or more student co-ordinators, who conduct orientation sessions for junior volunteers, schedule their shifts and oversee the program. The co-ordinator(s) organize an August pizza party to thank the junior volunteers and prepare certificates of appreciation. They also complete the paperwork students require to demonstrate that they have performed volunteer work. High school students must perform 40 hours of community service prior to graduation, so the AGH Junior Volunteer Program is an opportunity to fulfill that requirement.

For information on the AGH Junior Volunteer Program, contact Anne McRae at 256-2514, extension 2226.