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:
- Exhibit an outgoing and friendly attitude
- Want to make a contribution
- Have reasonably good mobility, as most services require walking and/or pushing wheelchairs
- Can commit to at least one shift per week
Volunteer Opportunities
The volunteer opportunities at Northside's facilities range in scope 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) 720-5282 for information on how to volunteer.
