Programs

Here is a sample of opportunities
(Not all assignments are available at all times)

Babies Alumni — Providing gifts to our new moms; non-demanding fund raising or clerical assistance (Mondays and Thursdays).

Programs in Zucker Hillside Hospital (a mental health facility)—contact us for details.

Admissions/Escorts — Volunteers assist with the admissions process and can also escort patients to specific areas.

Child Life Program — Diversional Activities with our children. Experience working with children recommended—this assignment requires interacting with our in-patients.

Surgical Waiting Room /Operating Room/Recovery Room — These volunteers provide the needed communication links for patients and families during these stressful events. A volunteer must be reliable, compassionate, capable of communicating well with others, and able to assist in alleviating some of the families’ stress. (Flexible weekday shifts).

Ante-Partum Program — Volunteers provide contacts, diversional activities for our maternity patients who require long-term bed rest.

LIJ/Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York Gift shops — Volunteers assist with sales, stock, and purchases. A fun place to volunteer and raise money that goes directly back to the hospitals! A great opportunity for couples to volunteer together. (Flexible shifts, weekends and weekday evenings available.)

Service Excellence Liaison Program — Volunteers provide visits to our patients, providing social contact, and convey to the patients that we care. Applicants must be very patient, caring, compassionate (weekday hours available).

The Center for H.O.P.E. — A bereavement program for children who have experienced the loss of a loved one. (Weekday evenings.)

Family Resource Center — A reference library for families. Located in Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, family members can locate information regarding their children’s illness.

NICU Visitor Pass — Volunteers assist with the flow of visitors into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Commerce Bank Long Island Classic Golf Tournament — Volunteers are needed to assist with fund raising during a Senior PGA tournament on Long Island. This event is usually held every summer. Many people volunteer only for this event — contact us for details.

Reach Out and Read — A literacy program with children in waiting rooms—volunteers bring the joy of reading to our children. (Monday to Friday shifts)

Oncology Department — Host our patients, make them feel comfortable, offer refreshments and/or conversation.

Oncology Building Greeter — Provide a warm greeting and needed direction (weekday hours).

Clerical assignments — Filing, copying, collating, answering phones — available in a variety of Medical departments throughout the campus (Monday to Saturday 9-5pm).

We also have a wide variety of clerical assignments throughout our campus and beyond; for example, at 1554 Northern Blvd., in our Physical Medicine office or our Pain & Headache Department, Transitions of L.I., Family Consultation Center in Mineola, Dialysis Center on Hillside Ave., Queens.

 

Last Update

May 26, 2010
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