How to Volunteer
Friends of Mercy Foundation
Gifts to the Friends of Mercy Foundation have helped provide for the changing health care needs of our community by constructing buildings, enhancing programs, purchasing new medical equipment, funding scholarships, supporting community outreach efforts, and much, much more.
If you'd like to learn more about the Friends of Mercy Foundation, visit SupportFriendsofMercy.org.
Types of Volunteers
Volunteers serve in several areas of the hospital and are an integral part of the team at Mercy Hospitals.
Adult Volunteers
Beginning on March 2, 1955 at Mercy Hospital downtown, volunteers from all walks of life began to devote themselves to extending services that might not otherwise be available.
Our hospital volunteers are easily identified by their courteous smiles, helpful attitudes, and willing hearts as they serve with a friendly spirit of loyalty.
Volunteering at Mercy Hospital Downtown or Mercy Hospital Southwest offers a rewarding job to fill hours you have available, whether you are male, female, a professional, retiree, stay-at-home mom, office worker, newcomer, student, or someone looking for a new challenge.
Junior Volunteers
Junior Volunteers must be high school students 14 – 18 years old and able to volunteer at least once a week for four hours.
At this time we are currently not accepting volunteers.
For more information please call the Friends of Mercy Foundation at: 661-632-5112
Art for Healing Volunteers
If you would like to volunteer to help with our Art for Healing programs or create art-making activities with hospital patients, please email Sara Moore at [email protected], or call (661) 632-5357.
Online Orientation
- Volunteer Handbook
- Dignity Health Volunteer Privacy and Compliance Education
- Dignity Health Compliance, Privacy, and Data Security Information for Volunteers
- HIPAA Reorientation
- Mercy Hospitals Color Code Emergency Handout
- Mercy Hospitals Hand Washing Handout
- Workplace Violence Review
- Acknowledgement of Standards of Conduct, Privacy, Data Security, Integrity, Compliance, and Ethics
- Unpaid Volunteer Waiver Form
- Emergency Contact Information
- Consent to Photography, Recording, and Publishing