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Friday, August 08, 2008

Change in Volunteer Duties

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For the past few weeks I had been helping out at the hospital Front Desk. It was a really good experience, and I enjoyed doing it. At the same time, I wanted to explore the other volunteer opportunities at the hospital. I think I may have found the one that's the best fit for me: Materials Management Volunteer.

"You're going to be a janitor?" Steve replied when I told him about it.
"No, I'm not going to be a janitor. Materials Management Volunteers do things like take inventory, sort supplies and deliver medical equipment to the nurses' stations."
He looked at me. "...And you're volunteering for this?"

I had to laugh. At first glance it probably did seem like a less exciting thing to do, but I had admitted to myself that I don't necessarily want excitement. "Well let me tell you what I'm looking for in a volunteer opportunity and maybe you'll understand why I think this is better for me.

"I want an opportunity to be helpful and at the same time have minimal patient contact--I'm more introverted than extroverted. I also want a volunteer opportunity that gets me walking a lot so I get more exercise. Oh, and I don't want to have to think too much--I've been doing that all week at work, I don't want to have to think on the weekend."

Steve thought about that for a second. "You're right, this does sound like the perfect fit."

I start my first day in the Materials Management department tomorrow. I already met with the manager, who was excited to know I was volunteering because they've been short-handed lately. I was told that the only things I would need to do tomorrow are cut the tops off of boxes, put stickers on things, pull stuff off of shelves, and deliver equipment. I even get to wear sneakers :-). And then she said I can work my way up to more complex tasks like man the phones and take requests, but only if I wanted to :-).

Sounds delightfully low stress :-). I'm really looking forward to it :-).

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