Volunteer Opportunities
Following are brief descriptions of Sauk Prairie Healthcare volunteer services – times and days vary. If you have questions or an idea for a new service, contact the Volunteer Office at 608-643-7257 or email Volunteers@SaukPrairieHealthcare.org.
- Cleaning – clean wheelchairs or fitness equipment
- Clerical – do basic clerical tasks in a hospital office or at a clinic (Plain, Lodi, Spring Green or Wisconsin Heights)
- Confidential Paper Pickup – pick up paper in offices
- Department Delivery – sort, pickup and deliver office mail
- Disaster Helper – on an on call basis, assist the hospital staff during a Disaster Code
- Welcome Desk Escort/Transport – escort customers and transport items around the hospital as requested
- Emergency Department Rounder - provide non-medical support, rounding on patients and visitors in the Emergency Department
- Greeting Cards – at home, make cheerful cards for in- hospital patients or mobile meals recipients – can be handmade or by computer
- Patient Visits/Hospitality – visit patients and provide complimentary coffee to guests
- Joint Health Center Helper – help therapy staff and patients during group therapy sessions
- Knitting/Sewing/Quilting – at home, knit caps for newborns, sew children’s surgery caps, sew catheter pouches, repair sewn items or quilt small comfort
- blankets
- Mobile Meal Delivery – deliver meals to homes during the week
- Music Therapy – on an on call basis, play soft and soothing music on an instrument in the patient care areas
- Pharmacy - sort, label, assemble, collate and assist staff with projects
- Pet Therapy - must be registered with Dogs on Call
- Hospital Gift Shop – clerk in the hospital gift shop
- Supplies – sort, count, label and stock medical and office supplies
- Surgery Center Liaison - interact with patients' families in the surgery center
- Tray Favors – at home, make small cheerful items for in- hospital patients or mobile meals recipients
- Wellspring Center Reception – greet customers and answer questions at the Wellspring Center (mostly evening and weekend hours)
- Yard work – weeding, watering, and planting in the gardens at the Wellspring Campus