Tips for next year's HS seniors

greenwitch
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:03:25 +0000

I wanted my daughter to do this, but all the volunteer opportunities had been taken at our local hospital last summer. Still, I thought she NEEDED to see what it was like to be in a hospital for hours at a time, under florescent lights, with no windows, and a lot of sick people coming sometimes from very pitiable conditions. It turned out that even though she couldn’t volunteer there, she could get a job there! It was through an outside contractor, not the hospital, and it was in the ER. Perfect. And she loved it.

So keep looking, there are many ways to get in at a hospital. Hopefully, not on an ambulance! Though that reminds me… you could also volunteer with the EMTs at your local fire station. Sometimes they have minimum age requirements, or minimum commitments, but it should be doable.