Why Volunteer?
Volunteer if you want to:
- Make a difference
- Gain personal satisfaction and help others
- Become involved and contribute to the community
- Experience health care from the inside
- Try a new vocation and learn new skills
- Develop new friendships
Is volunteering for you?
Ideal candidates for a volunteer experience typically:
- Outgoing and friendly
- Want to make a contribution
- Have reasonably good mobility, as most services require walking and/or pushing wheelchairs
- Able to commit to at least one shift per week
Volunteer Opportunities
The volunteer opportunities at Northside facilities are rich and varied, and currently exist in the following primary support areas:
- Customer Service
- Patient and Family Support
- Community Outreach
Possible activities include, but are not limited to:
- Support staff in the caring of babies (Atlanta location)
- Taking photos of newborns (Atlanta location)
- Working in the gift shop
- Delivering flowers
- Transporting/escorting patients/help with wayfinding
- Visiting and cheering patients
- Assisting and supporting patient families
- Helping at the information desks
- Performing puppet shows in elementary schools (Atlanta location)
Northside-Atlanta Auxiliary: Click here to visit the Atlanta Auxiliary website.
Northside-Forsyth Auxiliary: Click here to visit the Forsyth Auxiliary website.
Northside-Cherokee Auxiliary: Call (770) 720-5181 for information on how to volunteer.
