Volunteer opportunities
There is an ongoing need for volunteers to serve in the Community Hospital Auxiliary, hospice, chaplaincy, and therapy dog programs. We hope you will join the many men, women, and high school and college students who contribute so much as volunteers in the Community Hospital family.
Community Hospital Auxiliary
The Community Hospital Auxiliary has long been recognized as one of the outstanding service organizations on the Monterey Peninsula. The Auxiliary strives to create a friendly, cheerful, and professional atmosphere within a hospital that is highly regarded for medical care and as a beautiful place to work.
Every day, volunteers on duty at Community Hospital serve patients, visitors, and professional staff in many different ways. Volunteers transport patients in wheelchairs, serve meals at the Fountain Court Café, and arrange for family visits with patients.
They deliver flowers, newspapers, and magazines to patients and assist medical personnel on blood drives in the bloodmobile.
If you have the desire and the time to listen, comfort, and encourage patients and their families, we hope you will take the next steps.
Please remember that volunteers may be male or female. When contacting the Auxiliary, be sure to indicate which of the categories—adult, collegiate, or junior (high school)—is appropriate for you.
Have you ever thought about volunteering but just don’t have the time?
Community Hospital Auxiliary invites you to become a Friend of the Auxiliary.
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Hospice of the Central Coast
Founded in 1977, Hospice of the Central Coast provides a comprehensive healthcare program for people facing a life-threatening illness, combining pain and symptom management with highly sensitive emotional support. Hospice care involves a specialized healthcare team including physicians, nurses, home health aides, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, and trained volunteers. The team addresses the patient’s and family’s physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and financial needs. They honor the patient’s choices about how and where each day is spent, how the patient will be cared for, and who the caregivers will be.
Hospice of the Central Coast has more than 400 volunteers, all trained in good listening skills. They provide compassionate support for both the patient and family, companionship, and help with errands such as shopping, patient transportation to and from medical appointments, respite care, bereavement support for the entire family, and a transitions program.
Hospice volunteers visit patients in their homes, at Hospice House, and in local hospitals and convalescent homes. Others assist staff and the general public at the Hospice Resource Centers.
More information about becoming a volunteer for Hospice of the Central Coast.
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