APRIL: Kaiser Volunteer

This month I was suppose to become an official Kaiser Adult Volunteer. I was so excited until I got to the meeting and there are no spots in my availability with my school schedule. I was so sad! BUT as soon as the ER opens up for volunteers the director is going to call me and give me notification so I can sign up right away and become a volunteer then.

But the program is a great program. I can't wait to start it. You get to work with a certain place in the hospital and volunteer. Each department has a different part. You are assigned 3 or 4 hours a week in one department and required to work that every week with a year commitment. It seems like a long time but it's 4 hours a week. I don't think it's that long and when your schedule changes they can adjust and either put you in another department to learn something new or see if you can fit in the same department but a different shift. Some people are in this program just to volunteer with their time like me. I don't care about how many hours I might be getting and what looks good on a college application, I do it because I want to. I mean for a year commitment, that has to be more than just to do it for hours. Volunteering to me is a great way to give back without getting anything in return except learning more than they did before they volunteered. I love it and i wish i could more than i do now. I'm really going to try and do it more especially now that volleyball will be over soon.