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Watervliet Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities in Watervliet

If you have questions about volunteering in Watervliet, please call  269-463-2461.

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 Locations

Spectrum Health Lakeland Watervliet Hospital
400 Medical Park Dr., Watervliet, MI 49098

 

Roles and Opportunities

  • CHAPLAIN SERVICES
    Visit with patients, offer a listening ear and offer spiritual needs as desired.
  • FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES
     Assist with Auxiliary fundraising activities that may include baking or creating items for a sale, working at the various activities, assisting with organizing, advertising and clean-up. Funds from these projects go to high school scholarships, department grants, and other items needed for patients.
  • GIFT SHOP CLERK
     Provide friendly customer service by assisting customers with gift selection, deliver flowers, and fill helium balloons as needed.
  • INPATIENT REHABILITATION
     Visit with patients, assist with basic tasks, answer call lights, sanitize equipment, delivers greeting cards, lap robes and tote bags, plus other duties as needed.
  • INPATIENT REHABILITATION RECREATIONAL VOLUNTEER
     Transport patients to/from activity-based programs. Provide activities as planned/directed by therapists, sanitize equipment and treatment area, assist staff when they have cooking group.  Socialize with patients, help with note writing, playing cards or reading to them. 
  • INFORMATION DESK GREETER
     Direct patients to registration, assist visitors with requested information, direct visitors to patient rooms.
  • LAB & RADIOLOGY WAITING ROOM
    Direct patients to registration, assist visitors with requested information, direct visitors to patient rooms.
  • SEWERS/KINTTERS/CROCHETERS
     Work from home sewing tote bags and lap robes or knitting or crocheting lab robes. Lap robes and tote bags are given to the patients. Lap robes are small blankets that go over the lap and helps with warmth while sitting. The tote bags hook onto walkers for patients to carry their belongings.  Both of these items are greatly appreciated by the patients.   

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The Corewell Health™ Center for Wellness has moved to a spacious new building around the corner from its original facility. The new space is approximately 24,000 square feet - nearly 20 times larger than the previous location, adding adequate room to expand community-based health services.

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Corewell Health welcomed two new members to its board of directors in Southwest Michigan. Bertha King and Stephen Hempel, M.D., began three-year terms on Jan. 1, 2024.

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Today, Corewell Health™ announced changes to its board of directors, including the introduction of two new members, the appointment of a new chair and vice chair, and the departure of three founding board members.

Corewell Health Encourages Community Members to Donate Blood, Save Lives This Holiday Season

Corewell Health™, in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, is encouraging Lakeland area community members to donate blood this holiday season. A series of community blood drives will take place this December.

Corewell Health, YMCA Increase Access to Healthy Foods Through Veggie Van™ Partnership

The Veggie Van™, a mobile farmers market, served 13 counties throughout Michigan this year, ensuring that free fruits and vegetables were available to individuals who otherwise had limited access. The program, a joint effort of Corewell Health™ and the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids, launched in 2018 to combat food insecurity and will continue for a sixth consecutive year in spring 2024. Through their partnership, 46,466 free pieces of produce were distributed to Michigan families in 2023.

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