Volunteering and Giving Opportunities
You are invited to join our dedicated volunteers and donors who share their resources, time and talents with the hospital in an effort to provide comfort and care to those in need. Whether it’s providing scholarship funds to assure quality healthcare in the future or a warm smile that greets a patient today, your contribution will surely be valued and enhance healthcare for our entire community.
If you are ready to become a part of valued group dedicated to caring for others, please call 503.435.6131, Option 1, Extension 8399.
About our volunteers
Our Volunteers are an important part of the community and a part of our hospital family. They play a vital component to the success of Willamette Valley Medical Center by providing support in our clinical and non-clinical areas. Volunteers are the smiling faces who greet and escort patients, families, and friends. Volunteers work closely with our staff to lend assistance when needed.
As a Volunteer, you have the opportunity to share your talents and skills by helping in Admitting, Human Resources, Patient Portal, Materials, Emergency Department, and the Medical floors. Some tasks include escorting, greeting, and putting together packets. In the Emergency Department, some tasks might include providing support to staff by stocking shelves with medical supplies, or literature. In the Gift Shop the volunteer is needed to meet and greet the public, provide information on products, cash register and sales experience (training is provided), and delivering flowers to patients. Helping Hands volunteers and NODA volunteers support family and patients through special caring by holding a hand, listening, or just being there for someone who needs your time. Adult volunteers are age 18 and above and are expected to commit to at least 3 to 4 hour shifts per week.
Benefits: Volunteering is a community service, where individuals donate their time. In appreciation, we offer some benefits such as a Letter of recommendation upon completing 100 hours of service. Free annual flu shot, Hep. C, Chicken Pox, M.M R., free lunch, coffee, tea, and an annual appreciation celebration luncheon.
Health Education Awards
Between 2004 and 2018, the WVMC Volunteers have given $308,650 in awards to Yamhill County residents studying for a career in health care. Our Healthcare Education Committee has opened the application process for the 2019-2020 scholarship season. The link to the application can be found below.
If you are a Yamhill County resident and have been accepted into or are currently enrolled in an institute of higher learning for a career in healthcare, you may qualify to receive a scholarship.
Here is how to apply:
1. Download and print our HEA Student Application or if you have previously received an HEA award and would like to re-apply fill out the Returning Recipient Application
2. Return the completed application via email to HEAWVMC@gmail.com or mail to:
WVMC Volunteers—HEA Chairperson
2700 SE Stratus Avenue
McMinnville, OR 97128
The deadline for applying is TBD
You Can Contribute to our Scholarship Fund
You can help the WVMC Volunteers, a 501c3 non-profit organization, encourage and support higher education and add to that pool of well-trained healthcare workers in our community. Recipients are Yamhill County residents who are enrolled in an accredited institution of higher learning. Also, the WVMC Gift Shop contributes all proceeds to the Healthcare Education Awards. Send contributions to:
WVMC Volunteers
2700 SE Stratus Avenue
McMinnville, OR 97128