Health Care
Below you will find a listing of Health Care Agencies
in the Athens-Clarke County area, along with relevant and
helpful statistics, resources, and service-learning reflection
questions.
AIDS Athens
They are looking
for HIV Testing Interns.
Contact: Art
Ordoqui at 706-542-2437 or art@AIDSathens.org
American Red
Cross of Northeast Georgia
This
organization needs volunteers in these areas: disasters, blood
drives, and presenting at local schools.
Contact:
Jennifer Pennington at 706-353-1645 or redcrossbridges@charter.net
Athens
Neighborhood Health Center
There are
volunteer opportunities in the following areas: Health Fair, Youth
Leadership Academy, Sponsorship for Health Fair and Leadership
Academy.
Contact:
Jennifer Richardson at 706-546-5526
Athens Regional
Medical Center
Volunteers need
no special training to get involved. Interested applicants are
interviewed, and special talents and personal schedules are matched
to the hospital's needs. Most volunteer approximately four hours
once a week however, additional hours are always welcome. Evenings
and weekend volunteers are always needed as well as weekdays.
Contact: Lynda
Jones at 706-475-3510
Mercy Health
Center
This is a
volunteer-based nonprofit Christian health center providing medical,
pharmacy, and limited dental services to the uninsured in the Athens
area.
Contact: Shannon
Taylor at 706-425-9445 or Shannon@mercyhealthcenter.net
Odyssey
Healthcare
Odyssey
Healthcare has the following volunteer opportunities: visiting
patients, reading, writing letters, and answering phones for
patients.
Contact: Ginger
Gunter at 706-425-0700
Red Cross
To volunteer at
UGA blood drives or at the Athens Donor Center, Contact Janet
Jarrett at 678-227-4650 or jarrettja@usa.redcross.org
Relay for Life –
UGA (also on UGA Student Organizations Sheet)
Relay For Life rallies communities to celebrate cancer survivors,
remember loved ones lost, and raise funds to eliminate cancer.
Lasting overnight, team members take turns walking around the UGA
track. Volunteers are needed throughout the year to help plan,
promote, organize, and walk at the event which is held each spring
at UGA.
Contact: Kaitlyn Bagnato kbagnato@hotmail.com
St. Mary’s
Hospital
Volunteers are
needed in the following areas: gift shop, escort services, flower
service, food service, information desk, lifeline testing, sunshine
service, and wellness works.
Contact:
706-354-3195 or bailey.bettynbruce@charter.net
Vista Care
Hospice
Volunteers are
needed in the following capacities: visiting with patients,
assisting with basic maintenance or yards and houses, preparing
meals and running errands for patients, grief and bereavement
support for families, and administrative tasks.
Contact: Gail
Manter at 706-369-9888 or gail.manter@vistacare.com
Resources
Pre-Service
Activities: Enhance your
service experience.
If you would
like to get the most out of your service experience, please consider
the following questions:
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Why are you
interested in working in the health care industry?
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What have
your experiences been so far with these activities?
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What do you
think your service experience will be like?
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Are you
interested in learning about these facts at the service site? If
so, what are some ways that you might be able to do that?
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What are
your goals in participating in service?
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What issues
do you think will be present as you begin volunteering?
Post-Service
Reflection Questions: To understand your service experience
In order to
understand your experiences please reflect on the following
questions:
WHAT:
SO WHAT:
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What did
your experience(s) mean to you?
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What did you
learn from your experience(s)?
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What do you
feel is your main contribution to the agency or the people you
worked with?
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What did you
learn about yourself?
NOW WHAT:
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In what ways
can you apply what you are learning to other areas of your life?
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The most
important thing you will take with you from this experience is…
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Has your
community service sparked an interest in service or in the issue
that you worked with?
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If so, how
do you plan to continue pursuing that interest?
(Reference: Florida
State University’s Children/Youth Sheets)
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